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Epicurus.com - The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
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List Price: $99.98
Our Price: $229.95
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Pbs Home Video
Starring: Kevin Brownlow, Laura Downs, Rene Auberjonois, Ned Beatty, Helena Bonham Carter
Directed By: Carl Byker, Lyn Goldfarb, Margaret Koval
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780780623088
Format: Box set
ISBN: 0780623088
Label: Pbs Home Video
Manufacturer: Pbs Home Video
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Pbs Home Video
Release Date: 1998-10-13
Studio: Pbs Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1996-11-10
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Editorial Reviews:
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As this landmark series demonstrates, the cataclysmic effects of World War I last to this day. "The war to end all wars" has influenced the Atomic Age and the Cold War, and is now shaping the conflicts in Bosnia and the Middle East. Period film footage and eyewitness accounts powerfully dramatize the horrors of trench warfare and the chaos of political revolution. History comes alive as The Great War reveals how World War I influenced the rise of communism, witnessed the first use of weapons of mass destruction, and provided a fertile aftermath for the rise of Nazism. Through perspectives from all sides of the war, the series shows how violent events early in this century still cast a dark shadow on life today. Titles include: "Explosion & Stalemate," "Total War & Slaughter," "Mutiny & Collapse," and "Hatred and Hunger & War Without End."
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Best World War One Documentary
Comment: This is by far the best WWI documentary. I have seen a bunch of others, but this one adds the intangibles that the others don't: perspectives, art, depression, grappling with issues and the war itself. Also, PBS offers an incredible website that goes along with the documentaries. They need to come out with a DVD series of this ASAP.
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Summary: Why isn't this on DVD
Comment: This is one of the best documentaries I have seen and I wish it would be released on DVD> Unfortunately, WWI is considered the dry dusty war where men fought in trenches and has no recognizable villains like Nazis to boo.
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Summary: Don't worry about DVD version
Comment: This is the finest documentary on the first world war that I have ever seen. It is essential learning for an understanding of the events that are unfolding before us today. When I first purchased this series on VHS it cost me + $80.00. As you can see now, the price is almost double. The good news is that with an inexpensive DVD recorder these tapes duplicate nicely. Sadly, I don't believe we'll ever see documentaries of this quality again on TV in the U.S.
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Summary: The longterm effects of war
Comment: I saw this series on PBS several years ago. It is one that I still remember. The series provided an overview of WWI including the factors leading to the start of the war to the effects of the war on people and events of the 20th and 21st centuries. Some of the events of this war are still affecting the foreign policy of the current time.
The pictures are graphic, but so are any available pictures of actual combat. The companion book looked at some of the art of the time. One artist's rendition of the war was so "out there" that people did not know he was depicting the horrors of the war he had observed. One of the pictures in this series shows an actual photo of what the artist depicted.
WAR is indeed HELL. This series may be disconcerting to those who are not familiar with its real horror, but it helps to explan why we as a species and a nation should never go to war unless our very lives depend on it.
This war was started by fullfilling alliance agreements. It changed the world completely and it has never been the same. Like the US Civil War, its end helped to cause WWII.
Like others I wish this series would come out on DVD. I have been waiting for it for some time.
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Summary: Why isn't this out on DVD?
Comment: I've seen all 4 WWI documentaries available but this is the only one not available on DVD which is frustrating because it is the best in my view. Grim alla the Civil War series from Ken Burns as some have said, but it covers the whole terrible war in such different ways it's worth it. When you realize that 3 of the principle countries that started up the war Germany, England, Russia, were led by leaders who were all 1st cousins of each other your compelled to watch the rest of the series. The narration; the human details; the social ramifications it reveals about the war which are all done so well, make it the best documentary not available on DVD. 50kmwalk
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