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The Road to Total War
198356 min 48 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Barbara Sears
Production: Barbara SearsWilliam BrindJohn KramerBarrie Howells
Script: Gwynne DyerBarbara Sears
On-camera host Gwynne Dyer analyzes two centuries of world military history and defines the milestones along the road to total war: the birth of nationalism, conscription, the mobilization of large armies, the invention of the machine gun, tank and atomic bomb, and the deliberate killing of civilians. From Napoleon to Nagasaki, The Road to Total War charts how the social, economic and technological developments of the last two hundred years have made warfare so efficient that it can now destroy us all. Part one of the seven-part series War, hosted by Gwynne Dyer, examining the nature, evolution and consequences of modern warfare.
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Subject categories
- War, Conflict and Peace > MilitarismMunitionsNuclear Age and the Cold War
- History > Technological PerspectivesWars
Credits
- director
- Barbara Sears
- producer
- Barbara Sears
- William Brind
- John Kramer
- executive producer
- Barrie Howells
- script
- Gwynne Dyer
- Barbara Sears
- photography
- Douglas Kiefer
- Paul Cowan
- Kent Nason
- Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
- Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
- sound
- Hans Oomes
- Bev Davidson
- Richard Besse
- editing
- Hannele Halm
- sound editing
- Bernard Bordeleau
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- Adrian Croll
- music
- Larry Crosley
- host
- Gwynne Dyer