The Age of terror : A Survey of Modern Terrorism
narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith ; director Jon Blair, Daniel Korn, Polly Williams
DVD Engelsk 2007 · Fagfilmer
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Utgitt | Oslo : Nordisk film , 2007
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Omfang | 1 DVD (3 t, 21 min) : lyd, kol
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Opplysninger | TV-serie. - 1) In the Name of Liberation (This opening episode begins by tracing the origin of modern terrorism in, ironically, the activities of the early Zionist Jews and the bombing of the King David hotel in 1948, whose terrorists included the later Iraeli Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize.). - 2) In the Name of Revolution (This second episode begins with the Cuban revolution under Fidel Castro and subsequent revolutions exported to South America by Castro's charismatic revolutionary Che Guevara. Che's revolutionary ideas lived on after his death through his popular writings.). - 3) In the Name of God (This third episode charts the rise of the most frightening and unstoppable terror groups in history: the religious terrorists. Contributors ranging from the spiritual leaders of religious terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah to former Prime Minister Netan.). - 4) In the Name of the State (This final episode examines potentially the most dangerous terror of all--that which is backed by the full force of the state. While Iranian, Libyan, and Iraqi sponsorship of terror is now well accepted, it is less often said that democratic governments h...). - The Age of Terror is documentary divided into four parts, examining acts of terror committed in the name of national liberation, social revolution, God, and the state terrorism worldwide in the past 50 years
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