Exterminate All the Brutes (2021)

Episode Overview

Peck delves into the history of human migration, commerce, and armaments, illustrating how Europeans harnessed industrial-grade steel to wage war from increasingly far-off locations. He then examines the unending cycle of militarization over the ages, tracing the journey from George Washington’s push to establish American weapons production to the Monroe Doctrine, culminating in the devastating events of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.