The Power of Nightmares
An interesting documentary from the BBC running 180 minutes in three parts: Baby It’s Cold Outside, The Phantom Victory, and The Shadows In The Cave. Wikipedia has a good overview about the special:
The films compare the rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making comparisons on their origins and noting strong similarities between the two. More controversially, it argues that the threat of radical Islamism as a massive, sinister organised force of destruction, specifically in the form of al-Qaeda, is in fact a myth perpetrated by politicians in many countries—and particularly American Neo-Conservatives—in an attempt to unite and inspire their people following the failure of earlier, more utopian ideologies.
You can watch the three-part documentary down below, or check out the respective Google Video pages (link to video is within respective titles).