American Experience: Death and the Civil War

Oliver Platt Director: Ric Burns

Overview

This installment examines how the Civil War death toll, which is estimated to have been 750,000 people (2.5 percent of the nation's population at the time), affected the nation's psyche. Based on Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust's book This Republic of Suffering, the documentary includes remarks from her and fellow historians David W. Blight, Vincent Brown, J. David Hacker, and Mark S. Schantz poet Thomas Lynch, Adm. Mike Mullen (USN Ret.), a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and George Will.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/18/2012
UPC:	0841887017626
Original Release:	2012
Rating:	NR
Source:	Pbs (Direct)
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:00:00
Sales rank:	48,125

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Oliver Platt	Narrator,Narrator
Brian Keane	Composer

Technical Credits

Ric Burns

Ric Burns	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Robin Espinola	Producer
Bonnie Lafave	Producer
Mark Samels	Executive Producer
Sharon Grimberg	Producer

Editorial Reviews

The daunting Civil War death toll estimated at 750,000 people (2.5 percent of the nation’s population) is brought home in this exemplary outing of the excellent PBS series. Based on Drew Gilpin Faust’s 2008 This Republic of Suffering.

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