The Power of Nightmares: The Shadows in the Cave

Part 3

There are dangerous and fanatical individuals and groups around the world who have been inspired by extreme Islamist ideas, and who will use the techniques of mass terror - the attacks on America and Madrid make this only too clear.

But the nightmare vision of a uniquely powerful hidden organisation waiting to strike our societies is an illusion.

Wherever one looks for this al-Qaeda organisation, from the mountains of Afghanistan to the "sleeper cells" in America, the British and Americans are chasing a phantom enemy.

But the reason that no-one questions the illusion is because this nightmare enemy gives so many groups new power and influence in a cynical age - and not just politicians.

Those with the darkest imaginations have now become the most powerful. From the BBC

The Power of Nightmares: “Baby it's Cold Outside"

Part 1


One of a three part documentary, the first is Baby its Cold Outside. The film takes a close look at Sayyid Qutb and his influence in the East with the radicals and Leo Strauss in the West with the Neo Conservative. Both men feared some of the freedoms they enjoyed and witness will eventually crumble the society.