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The Trap

We Will Force You To Be Free

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Yorkshire

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Adam Curtis examines the consequences of the attempts of Tony Blair and the Americans to enforce their version of liberty around the world, from Russia to Iraq. Their approach, he argues, was based on the assumption that their intervention would a inspire a new form of democracy and order to arise. Instead it ended up creating authoritarian nationalism in the former Soviet Union and anti-democratic Islamism in Iraq. Show less

Contributors

Producer:
Lucy Kelsall
Producer:
Adam Curtis
Executive Producer:
Stephen Lambert

Series

The Trap

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