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War and world history [videorecording (DVD)].

by Roth, Jonathan P., 1955-

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The Teaching Company, 2009.

War -- History.

War and civilization.

War and society.

Great courses (DVD). Civilization & culture.

Great courses (DVD)

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Great Courses. War and world history [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

8 videodiscs (1440 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Course no. 8870.

"48 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.

Disc 1. What is war? -- The historiography of war -- The Stone Age war -- Peace, war, and civilization -- The chariot revolution -- The sword revolution -- Disc 2. Steppes, standing armies, and silver trade -- Pirates and Hoplites -- Great empires of West and East -- War and the rise of religion -- The Greek way of war -- An age of war throughout the core -- Disc 3. New empires and an armed peace -- Monotheisms and militaries -- Barbarians and the fall of three empires -- Conquest links the core -- The Middle Ages and a common way of war -- Armored horsemen and global feudalization -- Disc 4. Crusade, Jihad, and Dharma Yuddha -- The Mongols conquer a world -- The business of war in medieval Europe -- The gunpowder revolution -- War at the margins -- A world apart-- war in the Americas.

Disc 5. Renaissance and military revolution -- Conquest and colonies -- The gunpowder empires -- More holy wars -- The rise of the regiment -- The wooden world -- Disc 6. The global war to control trade -- Warfare and the nation-state -- War and the making of the Americas -- War and the unmaking of Africa and Asia -- The industrialization of war -- The nationalization of war -- Disc 7. Race and class at war -- Imperialism and the triumph of the West -- The 19th century culture of war -- A common way of war-- the 20th century -- War and 20th century ideology -- War and the persistence of nationalism -- Disc 8. Economies and economics at war -- Culture and war in the 20th century -- The weaponization of information -- Guerrilla war and terrorism -- The struggle for peace and justice -- Warfare at the turn of the century.

Taught by Professor Jonathan P. Roth.

Lectures by Professor Jonathan P. Roth.

Professor Roth, a military historian, presents a different look at war and its history. Instead of focusing on battles, campaigns, and strategies in individual wars, he looks at the story of the intimate interconnections of war with human cultures and societies and how these connections have shaped history. War not only destroys, it creates: the growth of essential new technologies; the adoption of complex economic systems; the ideology and culture of nations; developments in art and literature; and spreads exposure to and understanding of different faiths across the globe.

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