Long Shadow
TV-PG
7.7
2014
Documentary
David Reynolds traces the legacy of the Great War across 100 years and 10 different countries, examining how the war haunted a generation and shaped the peace that followed.
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- Cast:
- David Reynolds
Episode 3 : Us and Them
October. 08,2014
David Reynolds argues that WWI made national identity a matter of 'us' versus 'them'.
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Episode 2 : Ballots and Bullets
October. 01,2014
David Reynolds looks at how World War I gave birth to an age of turbulent mass democracy.
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Episode 1 : Remembering and Understanding
September. 24,2014
How attitudes to the Great War have changed from what they were in the aftermath of 1918.
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