TV SERIES
How Wars Begin
DocumentaryWar & Politics
AJP Taylor, the renowned English historian, discusses the origins of modern wars.
Top cast
Creative team
A. J. P. Taylor (Writer)
You may also like
TV
World War II in Colour
2009Series
TV
WWII in HD
2009Series
TV
TV
The War
2007Series
TV
How to Become a Tyrant
2021Series
TV
The American Revolution
2025Series
TV
World War II with Tom Hanks
2026Series
TV
The World at War
1973Series
TV
The Civil War
1990Series
TV
Hitler's Circle of Evil
2018Series
TV
The Vietnam War
2017Series
Episodes
6 Episodes
011. The Modern War: From French Revolution to French Empire
AJP Taylor argues that the French Revolution was the first modern war as it saw the first challenge to dynasticism and conservatism by nationalism and liberalism.
022. Two Contrasting Wars
AJP Taylor on the origins of modern wars, from the French Revolution to the Cold War. He discusses the Crimean War and the war of national liberation in Italy.
033. Bismarck's Wars
AJP Taylor talks about Prussia's conflicts under Bismarck, including the Prusso-Austrian War in 1866 and the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.
044. The First World War
AJP Taylor presents his interpretation of the causes of the First World War, rejecting Fifties' theories attributing the outbreak of hostilities to German design.
055. The Second World War
AJP Taylor, the noted historian and one of the first to popularise history through television, considers when World War II started and why.
066. The Cold War
AJP Taylor considers the origins of the Cold War, citing a history of mistrust between the US and Soviet Russia owing to religious differences, influence in the Middle East, land claims made at the end of the Second World War and the ideological divisions of communism.