Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

No easy answers? Decision-makers from Kissinger to Rice revisit how the US responded to conflicts from Rwanda to Iraq. Faced with human suffering - who has responsibility to act?

Documentary

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

No easy answers? Decision-makers from Kissinger to Rice revisit how the US responded to conflicts from Rwanda to Iraq. Faced with human suffering - who has responsibility to act?

Documentary

Created By: Dror Moreh
First Aired on: Jun 26, 2024
Popularity: 7.4027: 0 votes
Networks: (GB)
Production: Dror Moreh Productions (IL)BBC Studios (GB)
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 8 episodes

Series 1

Aired 12 months ago

8 Episodes

Episode 1Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide57 min
Exploring 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.
Episode 2Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers57 min
As 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.
Episode 3Rwanda – That Was a Local Thing57 min
Why 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.
Episode 4Kosovo – In the Name of Our Future57 min
Muslim 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.
Episode 5Darfur – Carrots for a War Criminal57 min
In 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?