Great Events Of Our Century Vol. 2, The (1999) Rating: Starring: Director: Category: Special Interest Studio: Madacy Subtitles: [None] Length: 120 mins     Politics Of Violence Political violence has been defining feature of the twentieth century. Politically motivated groups and individuals have forcefully transmitted their political perspective to an international audience. ""Politics of Violence"" catalogues the horrifying escalation of terror within the twentieth century, examines its driving forces and witnesses its effects on the world's innocent civilians. Death and Glory War is unfortunately very popular. Television and film archives probably carry more footage of the world's conflicts than on any other subject. This episode of the series uses never before seen footage of the struggles cam has fought this century, across the continents of the world. Not a single year of the 20th century has passed without war somewhere in the world. In 1900, armies of the great European empires were in the field, and the film cameras were there with them. As the end of the millenium approaches, the hail of bullets is still with us - captured now on this television screen. This episode of Century traces the challenging face of warfare, from the king and country to mechanized massacre of whole populations. Science has invented ever more ingenious machines for slaughter: from semaphore to the Stealth bomber, from artillery shells killing 100 men to nuclear weapons capable of disparching millions.