6.7 2022 Completed 1 Season
Show Details
- Genre
- Documentary, War, Politics
- Released
- 2022
- Status
- Completed
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Creator
- Jonathan Hacker
Storyline
During the 1970s the Middle East was a battleground for the Cold War; liberal pro-Western forces battled with pro-Soviet Arab Nationalists and Baathists. But in 1979 a series of events – the Iranian Revolution, Egypt’s peace with Israel, the Mecca Mosque Siege, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan – contributed to a radical change in the mind-set of the region and its leaders. It was the start of the meteoric rise of radical Islam.
