The Arming of the Earth

Journalist Bill Moyers examines how the burgeoning early 20th century technology brought hope for a warless future. He follows the development of three weapons originally designed to end war: the machine gun, the submarine, and the bomber plane. Focuses on the way in which advances in the technology of war have vastly increased the civilian toll in wartime.

Open All Close All

type

http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type

about

http://schema.org/about

contributor

http://schema.org/contributor

description

http://schema.org/description

"Journalist Bill Moyers examines how the burgeoning early 20th century technology brought hope for a warless future. He follows the development of three weapons originally designed to end war: the machine gun, the submarine, and the bomber plane. Focuses on the way in which advances in the technology of war have vastly increased the civilian toll in wartime."@en
"Armament and disarmament have been concerns throughout this century. Newly introduced weapons have changed the concepts of warfare."
"The 20th century began with enormous hopes for a future made safe and humane by technology. Although it realized some of these hopes, the century neared its end under the shadow of superweapons that still threaten the earth with annihilation. In this program, Bill Moyers traces the evolution of three instruments that enabled combatants to mass-produce death-the machine gun, the submarine, and the bomber plane. Each weapon helped to close the gap between soldier and target, regardless of whether that target was another soldier or an innocent civilian. And each was introduced with the promise that it would end war by making it too terrible to endure."@en
"Moyers examines the development and consequences of three deadly weapons - the machine gun, the submarine, and the airplane - that foreshadowed the total war possible today."@en
"Journalist Bill Moyers considers how the machine gun, the submarine, and the airplane have revolutionized the conduct of war. Focuses on the way in which advances in the technology of war have vastly increased the civilian toll in wartime."@en
"Journalist Bill Moyers considers how the machine gun, the submarine, and the airplane have revolutionized the conduct of war. Focuses on the way in which advances in the technology of war have vastly increased the civilian toll in wartime."
"Traces the evolution of three significant weapons--the machine gun, the submarine and the bomber plane--that erased the difference between warrior and innocent civilian by mass producing death. These new weapons, as well as others, were thought to be a deterrent to war, but have only served to make war more terrible."@en
""A twenty-part series exploring the United States since 1900 through the eyes of an eminent broadcast journalist.""