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S1E3
The Shadows in The Cave
Adam Curtis argues that in the wake of 09/11, neoconservatives have reconstructed the Islamists in the image of their most recent 'evil' enemy, the Soviet Union.
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S1E1
Baby It's Cold Outside
How the illusory threat of a hidden network of terror has come to dominate politics throughout the world.
#3
S1E2
The Phantom Victory
How the US neoconservatives and the Islamists came together to fight the USSR in Afghanistan, and how both groups then tried to transform the world.
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