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How Wars Begin

Season 1 · Episode 1

The Modern War: From French Revolution to French Empire

0.030mJuly 11, 1977

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.

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Episode 1The Modern War: From French Revolution to French Empire
Episode 2Two Contrasting Wars
Episode 3Bismarck's Wars
Episode 4The First World War
Episode 5The Second World War
Episode 6The Cold War