A century ago, before the First World War, the casualties of warfare were almost exclusively adult men in uniform. Today though, as tactics, weaponry and global arms trade have changed, so to has the primary victims of combat. (Premiers tonight 10pm – Channel-8 )
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As we approach Veteran’s Day, it is important to see how we have evolved. Perhaps we’ve learned to fight fewer wars, but we seem to have become more uncivilized in how we prosecute them. Putting women and children increasingly in the crossfire.
The capstone of Women, War & Peace, War Redefined challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain through incisive interviews with leading thinkers, Secretaries of State and seasoned survivors of war and peace-making. Their experiences reveal how the post-Cold War proliferation of small arms has changed the landscape of war, with women becoming primary targets and suffering unprecedented casualty rates. Simultaneously, they describe how women are emerging as necessary partners in brokering lasting peace and as leaders in forging new international laws governing conflict. War Redefined reframes our understanding of modern warfare through probing conversations with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine Albright; Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee; Bosnian war crimes investigator Fadila Memisevic; Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International; globalization expert Moisés Naím; and Cynthia Enloe of Clark University, among others.
Narrated by Geena Davis.