The inside story of the creation of ISIS, and how the U.S. missed the many warning signs.

The Secret History of ISIS FRONTLINE

Premiered May 16, 2016
The Secret History of ISIS

From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team comes the inside story of the creation of ISIS, and how the United States missed the many warning signs. The film uncovers the terror group’s earliest plans, the Islamic radicals who became its leaders, and the American failures to stop ISIS’s brutal rise.

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