Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror Limited Series

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror Limited Series

01 September 2021

Episodes

The System Was Blinking Red

1. The System Was Blinking Red

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

01 September 2021

A Place of Danger

2. A Place of Danger

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

01 September 2021

The Dark Side

3. The Dark Side

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

01 September 2021

The Good War

4. The Good War

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

01 September 2021

Graveyard of Empires

5. Graveyard of Empires

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

01 September 2021

Cast