Road to World War II

Longtime CBS News reporter Eric Sevareid, himself a war correspondent once known as "The Voice of World War II," hosts this documentary series examination of the events that led up to the Second World War. Via sixteen individual themed installments, the program discusses the global shifts that moved the United States center stage after a lengthy period of isolationism. Episodes draw from such elements as vintage newsreels, rare archival films, and incisive commentary. The whole series appears in this box set; installments include: VERSAILLES: THE LOST PEACE, THE ITALIAN-ETHIOPIAN WAR, THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, THE PHONY WAR, WAR COMES TO PEARL HARBOR and more.