Description |
3 videodiscs (416 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3, letterbox) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC. |
Note |
Title from container. |
Performer |
Narrator, Walter Cronkite. |
Credits |
For Worldview Pictures Production: executive producer, Stephen Trombley ; production manager, Jane Smith ; For The Learning Channel: executive producer, Sandra Gregory ; production manager, Tom Ingold. |
Note |
Originally broadcast on television in 1998. |
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Contains all 8 episodes from the television mini-series. |
Summary |
This 8-part series takes an in-depth look at the history of warfare. Shot on location around the world, each episode examines various developments in the evolution of armed conflict--from technological breakthroughs to tactical innovations--while simultaneously exploring how and why the major military campaigns of the past 3,000 years were fought. |
Contents |
Disc 1: Episode 1: First blood: Greek Phalanx warfare ; Alexander the Great -- Episode 2: Empires and armies: The Roman and Chinese Empires -- Episode 3: Horse warriors: Attila the Hun ; Genghis Khan ; Samurai warriors. Disc 2: Episode 4: Gunpowder: The Fall of Constantinople and the Aztec Empire -- Episode 5: Revolution: The Seven Years War ; American and French Revolutions -- Episode 6: Blood and iron: Rapid-fire weapons ; Crimean War ; The Civil War. Disc 3: Episode 7: War machines: Russo-Japanese War ; World War II -- Episode 8: The price of war: The Cold War ; Nationalism ; Genocide. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Military history.
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War -- History.
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Military art and science -- History.
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War and civilization -- History.
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Genre/Form |
Television mini-series.
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentary -- Television mini-series.
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War (Nonfiction) -- Television mini-series.
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Added Author |
Trombley, Stephen.
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Bulley, Tony.
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Cronkite, Walter.
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Worldview Pictures Ltd.
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Learning Channel (Firm)
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Cinquième (Firm)
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KOCH Vision (Firm)
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Koch Entertainment (Firm)
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Added Title |
War and civilization (Television program)
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ISBN |
1417229977 |
Standard No. |
741952647393 |
Music No. |
KOC-DV-6473 KOCH Vision |
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