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The Price Of Peace: A Personal Exploration By Johan Norberg

Johan Norberg visits the Korean Demilitarized Zone to learn how the North and South have maintained peace despite constant threats and nuclear testing in "The Price Of Peace: A Personal Exploration By Johan Norberg."
Courtesy of Kip Perry
Johan Norberg visits the Korean Demilitarized Zone to learn how the North and South have maintained peace despite constant threats and nuclear testing in "The Price Of Peace: A Personal Exploration By Johan Norberg."

Airs Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

New Documentary Examines Deterrence and Appeasement as a Means of Avoiding War

How do we prevent war? How great a price are we willing to pay for peace? Can we use the lessons learned throughout history to extend peace into tomorrow?

“The Price Of Peace: A Personal Exploration By Johan Norberg” investigates the use of deterrence and appeasement in an era of rogue nations and nuclear proliferation.

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The Price Of Peace - Trailer

The one-hour documentary examines turning-point historical events to reveal hard-learned lessons – not only for the U.S. but for other cultures and countries as well, including:

  • An examination of the present day situation in Korea not only through the lens of North Korea’s current nuclear capabilities and cross-border saber rattling, but also with a cautionary tale of 1976 Korea Tree Incident from Brian Bishop, Major General, U.S. Air Force (RET) and former Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Command and U.S. Forces Korea and others who were there.
  • Delving into the human side of the equation, including a vivid interview with the son of Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov, the Russian commander widely credited with averting World War III in 1983.
  • Interviews with Falkland citizens and Sir Max Hastings, author and journalist about Argentina’s ill-conceived invasion of the Falkland Islands.
  • Linking together such diverse topics as pre-World War II Europe, where British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain proudly declares to a cheering crowd in 1938 that the Munich Agreement meant “peace for our time” – to the Masai tribe of East Africa and their use of deterrence to protect cattle, and thus their society.
The Price of Peace - Churchill & Truths of Appeasement

Victor Davis Hanson, author of “Seductions of Appeasement,” serves as a historical analyst through several incidents, such as the Falklands War, detailing conditions necessary to maintain peace and precisely identifying instabilities that can quickly escalate a peaceful situation to armed combat.

Highly respected military, history and foreign policy experts offer insights, as well.

Free To Choose® Media Executive Editor Johan Norberg asks the difficult question of what is the price society is willing to pay for peace?

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EXPLORE TIMELINES:

The Path to War

Major Appeasements Leading to WW2

A History of Provocation from North Korea

CREDITS:

A production of Free To Choose Media. Kip Perry is producer and co-director. Elan Bentov is writer/co-director/camera. Thomas Skinner and Bob Chitester are executive producers. Presented by WTTW Chicago. Distributed by NETA. Major funding is provided by Robert and Marion Oster and L.E. Phillips Family Foundation. Additional funding was provided by Sarah Scaife Foundation and The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.