The War of the World(2006)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2006-06-19
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
A documentary in which controversial historian Professor Niall Ferguson argues that in the last century there were not in fact two World Wars and a Cold War, but rather a single Hundred Years' War. A compelling argument is made to consider all of the conflicts of the 20th century in a broader context.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
The Clash of Empires
Air Date: 2006-06-19
The first episode in the series shows that in 1900 the world was dominated by Empires that were both multinational an...
E02
The Plan
Air Date: 2006-07-26
In the aftermath of the First World War, the whole world was entranced by an American dream. America stood for new fr...
E03
Killing Space
Air Date: 2006-07-03
1942 was the year that the 20th century teetered on a knife-edge. It was the year when the whole world map appeared t...
E04
A Tainted Victory
Air Date: 2006-07-10
The years from 1943 to 1945 were the cataclysmic crux of the 20th Century's war of the world. But the defeat of the G...
E05
The Icebox
Air Date: 2006-07-17
We remember the Cold War as a nuclear-powered peace that came terrifyingly close to falling apart. But there were man...
E06
The Descent of the West
Air Date: 2006-07-24
When the Berlin Wall finally fell, the 20th century seemed to have reached its climax. Optimists believed they were w...
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