The Power of Nightmares, subtitled The Rise of the Politics of Fear, is an excellent BBC documentary film series, written and produced by Adam Curtis. Part 1: “Baby it’s Cold Outside” Part 2: “The Phantom Victory” Part 3: “The Shadows in the Cave” Wikipedia has a good page on the series: en.wikipedia.org Also – The Trap: What Happened To Our Freedom by Adam Curtis en.wikipedia.org