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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A History of "The Bomb", May 11, 2006

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Jimmy James "Jimmy James" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: War and Peace in the Nuclear Age [VHS] [Set] (VHS Tape)

This 9-part documentary first aired on PBS back in 1990. In fact, I think that is the only time it was ever shown.

If this film ever becomes available on DVD, BUY IT !!

"War and Peace in the Nuclear Age" is the best single film record of the central role of "the Bomb" in US and Russian war planning ever made.

Produced by the Annenberg/CPB Project, there was a book written by John Newhouse by the same name. I hope and pray that one day the producers will decide to release this film on DVD.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mutual Assured Destruction...Nuclear Age, September 5, 2006

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Isaac Ho (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: War and Peace in the Nuclear Age [VHS] [Set] (VHS Tape)

I hope the producers of this TV series - WAR & PEACE IN THE NUCLEAR AGE, by popular demand will produce a DVD for nuclear war buffs, like myself and others, all over the world. There is also a companion book: THE NUCLEAR AGE by John New House.

The TV series were aired on PBS in the early 1900s and received favorable acclaim from the viewing public all over North America. So let us have it this time in the form of a convenient DVD for education of our youngsters that nuclear war would be mutually assured destruction to any country which resorts to the first use of nuclear weapons. Eventually the whole world would be embroiled in the nuclear holocaust for which there are no winners or losers.

It had been estimated in a nuclear exchange between members of the Nuclear Club - United States, England, France, Russia, China, Israel, Indian & Pakistan, more than 300 - 500 million would die of acute radiation and those after for the next six months.

I hope my review will attract the producer of this program to give us the DVD soon. Thanks.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Series, but Drastically in Need of Updating, July 9, 2009

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Wade H. Rice, Jr. (Alexandria,, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: War and Peace in the Nuclear Age [VHS] [Set] (VHS Tape)

I too, give this production five stars and agree with the previous two reviewers that this production needs to be made available on DVD. However, after considering the primary reason to reissue it (to educate the present and upcoming generations of the nuclear madness that gripped the Free World and former Communist Russia/Soviet Union and to teach them to continue efforts at arms reduction) there are some realistic reasons that I believe that will not happen, and these are as follows:

1. The subject is one that is sobering, not uplifting, nor entertaining to the vast majority of audiences, and appeals only to a very small minority of viewers. Though it is important that everyone learn about this dark aspect of modern history, reissuance of this series, I feel, would be doomed as a money loser. The producers make it clear in their advertisement of the accompanying book to the series that it is a college-level course. Purchasers of this production, which runs for thirteen hours, would want to be educated, uplifted, and entertained, with only the first of these three criteria being met. In comparison, past PBS series, such as those produced by Ken Burns on the Civil War and World War II, provide a human interest element in both of these productions. War and Peace in the Nuclear Age does not.

2. The production is now over twenty years old (as of my writing), and is in drastic need of an update. At least an additional two, if not three episodes, need to be produced to cover a) the fall of the Soviet Union, its satellite nations, and how the nuclear weapons issue was dealt with by the former Soviet Republics that found themselves in possession of nuclear bombs left behind by the former Soviet state; b) further development of the topic of Islamic nuclear weaponry, particularly that of the nuclear standoff between India and Pakistan; c) nuclear terrorism and how the events of 9/11 have reshaped how the world now deals with this; d) the emergence of China as a world power; and e) an update on the current status of strategic nuclear weapons between the United States and Russia. Those are topics that need to be covered at a minimum.

3. Attendant to the issue of no. 2, are the costs involved in producing update episodes. I'm sure that the producers realized that when they made the series, it would shortly become outdated. It's quite possible that in their wildest dreams, they would not have been able to realize that the majority of events I describe in no. 2 could have happened. I saw somewhere that the original production as produced in the late 1980's cost somewhere in the range of $6-7 million dollars. Costs to produce updates to cover the last 20-plus years would probably cost that much. Considering the current economic situation, I'm sure that the producers would not want to risk spending that kind of money to produce updates, much less bring the original production out on DVD.

In conclusion, I believe we will have to satisfy ourselves with our VHS tapes of the series as is.