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Learning Channel History Programs




Poster: rmhowe <magnusm@ncsu.edu>

War and Civilization - Horse Warriors
    In war, the use of horses allowed conquerors to take war further
    abroad and to build vast empires. Mounted Cavalries, Attilla the
    Hun.
    TLC - 3 Aug    9 - 10 PM,  12 - 1 AM

War and Civilization - Gunpowder
    The first use of a gunpowder bombard in Europe marks the end 
    of the knight's reign in warfare. Fall of Constantinople.
    TLC - 3 Aug   10 - 11 PM, 1 - 2 AM

War and Civilization - Revolution - The Europeans' big gunpowder armies
    dominate all, expanding their overseas empires. 7 Year's War.
    TLC - 4 Aug      9 - 10 PM,  12 - 1 AM

War and Civilization - Blood and Iron - Industrialization transforms
    warfare and journalists presence begin to have an impact on war's
    duration. Crimean War, Civil War. 
    TLC - 04 Aug    10 - 11 PM, 1 - 2 AM

War and Civilization War - Machines - Backed by industrial weapons and 
    disciplined armies,  European powers subdue their enemies.
    Russo-Japanese War. Part II The Price of War - Allied WWII Strategy.
    TLC - 5 Aug  I: 9 - 10 PM, 12 -1 AM; II: 10 - 11 PM, 1 - 2 AM
     

Last night was the first two programs, noticed too late to publish -

    War and Civilization - First Blood - The Western Way of War - 
    The Greeks - From history's first recorded battles, humankind has
    asked the perennial question, "why do men fight?". 
                         .
War and Civilization - Empires and Armies - China & Rome sustained 
    the most stable empires of  ancient times but they were built on
     war and violence.
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