Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

Series 1

Documentary examining the US's responsibilities as the world's only global superpower after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Where to Watch Series 1

8 Episodes

  • Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide
    E1
    Iraq: For Every Insect There is an InsecticideExploring the US's complicated relationship with Iraq, first supporting the country during the Iran-Iraq war but then turning against it after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.
  • Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers
    E2
    Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy SoldiersAs the Balkans deteriorate into a series of bloody wars, President Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright must decide whether to use force to save innocent civilians from genocide.
  • Rwanda – That Was a Local Thing
    E3
    Rwanda – That Was a Local ThingWhy did the world stand by in 1994 as nearly one million people were murdered over one hundred days of terror in Rwanda? American diplomats describe events on the ground.
  • Kosovo – In the Name of Our Future
    E4
    Kosovo – In the Name of Our FutureMuslim separatists in the Kosovo region rekindle old conflicts, leading Clinton’s White House to consider Serbian President Milošević’s regime a threat to their own civilians.
  • Darfur – Carrots for a War Criminal
    E5
    Darfur – Carrots for a War CriminalIn 2003, hundreds of thousands of Americans protested about ethnic cleansing in Sudan. Following Obama’s 2008 election success, could some of those people, now in office, make a difference?
  • Libya – If You Break It You Own It
    E6
    Libya – If You Break It You Own ItWhen Gaddafi declared his intention to 'disinfect' Benghazi, Obama faced a dilemma, have previously told the younger Arab generation 'you, more than anyone, have the ability to remake this world.
  • Syria – The Risk of Doing Nothing
    E7
    Syria – The Risk of Doing NothingObama did not want to be dragged into another war in the Middle East, but when the Syrian regime began to consider the use of chemical weapons, he warned them they would be crossing a red line.
  • Syria – A Loop of Imperfection
    E8
    Syria – A Loop of ImperfectionAmerica’s unwillingness to act after a chemical attack, causes Syrian rebels to despair. Obama concludes that there is no scenario where intervention in Syria would give a desired outcome.

Cast of Series 1

  • Meryl StreepNarrator (voice)
  • Dror MorehDirector / Writer / Producer
  • Mark DannerWriter
  • Solomon GoodmanProducer

 

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