Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror: Season 1

Episodes

1. 

   1. The System Was Blinking Red

   Sep 1, 2021 · 1h

   Interviews and chilling archival recordings chronicle the chaos that unfolded during the 9/11 attacks, whose origins can be traced to the 1980s.

2. 

   2. A Place of Danger

   Sep 1, 2021 · 59m

   Survivors recount the horrors they endured on 9/11. Immediately after the attacks, George W. Bush begins charting America's aggressive military response.

3. 

   3. The Dark Side

   Sep 1, 2021 · 1h 4m

   Learning the hijackers benefitted from gaps in US intelligence, the White House justifies a secret surveillance program and "enhanced interrogation."

4. 

   4. The Good War

   Sep 1, 2021 · 1h 3m

   With no cohesive strategy, the war in Afghanistan squanders early successes and backfires, fueling disillusionment, corruption and a Taliban resurgence.

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   5. Graveyard of Empires

   Sep 1, 2021 · 1h 7m

   After two decades, the US aims to end its longest-ever war, but its withdrawal threatens to plunge Afghanistan back into repressive, bloody violence.

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