"WAR AND CIVILIZATION" (1998)

8 x one-hours

Based on the lifetime's work of leading military historian John Keegan and narrated by Walter Cronkite, this wide-ranging series addresses the question of why men fight wars, and how these wars have formed the world we inhabit. Tracing the history of war and civilization over 5,000 years, the series is shot on location in Mongolia, Japan, Europe and North and South America. Produced for THE LEARNING CHANNEL (USA) in association with LA CINQUIÈME (FRANCE).

 

Awards & festivals

·        GOLD WORLDMEDAL New York Festivals 1999

 

Reviews

from reviews of WAR & CIVILIZATION

 

How do you say something fresh about war, perhaps the most hashed-over subject in the documentary filmmaker’s repertory?…The programmers at the Learning Channel, part of the Discovery Networks, have one answer. Enlist the talents of Stephen Trombley, the writer-producer-director whose documentary on the Nuremberg war crimes trials won an Emmy, and John Keegan, the acclaimed British Military historian.

new york times (usa)

 

…one of the most ambitious documentaries of recent years.

new york times (usa)

 

Two years in the making, the series is as disciplined as marching infantry and as thorough as expert reconnaissance. What’s more, with Walter Cronkite as narrator, it has the sound and feel of authority itself…

hollywood reporter (usa)