War and Civilization

1998 NR 7.4

This eight part series takes an in-depth look at history of warfare. Shot on location around the world, each episode examines various developments in evolution of armed conflict from technological breakthroughs to technical innovations...

This eight part series takes an in-depth look at history of warfare. Shot on location around the world, each episode examines various developments in evolution of armed conflict from technological breakthroughs to technical innovations while simultaneously exploring how and why the majority of military campaigns of the pass 3,000 years were fought.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Empires and Armies

1. Empires and Armies

Aired: Aug 2, 1998

A look at the origins of modern warfare, when ancient Greek soldiers marched ...

Episode 2 First Blood

2. First Blood

Aired: Aug 9, 1998

The empires of ancient Rome and China, begun before the birth of Christ, whic...

Episode 3 Gunpowder

3. Gunpowder

Aired: Aug 16, 1998

A look at the impact that horses had on warfare, which enabled Attila the Hun...

Episode 4 Horse Warriors

4. Horse Warriors

Aired: Aug 23, 1998

"Gunpowder" forever changed the way wars were fought, both in an army's weapo...

Episode 5 Revolution

5. Revolution

Aired: Aug 30, 1998

England gains a stronghold in America after the Seven Years' War in 1763, but...

Episode 6 Blood and Iron

6. Blood and Iron

Aired: Sep 6, 1998

The Industrial Revolution creates more mechanized warfare, as trains and mass...

Episode 7 The Price of War

7. The Price of War

Aired: Sep 13, 1998

Included: America fulfills its "manifest destiny"; colonialism expands in Afr...

Episode 8 War Machines

8. War Machines

Aired: Sep 20, 1998

"The Price of War" looks at the end of World War II and the atomic bomb, and ...


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Info about War and Civilization

Network: TLC

Production Country: United States

Genres: War, Documentary