Sir Beevor's Stalingrad is a masterpiece

@Eelis0

23 күн бұрын

I bought that book and was going to read it, but in this interview, Beevor reveals himself to be an ordinary NATO propagandist, so I've thrown his book in the bin.

@honesty_-no9he

20 күн бұрын

The very fact that he has that knowledge makes his disgraceful bigoted contempt toward Russia and conformity to UK and US lies even more obscene.

@kom17

20 күн бұрын

Limited by his western education however.

@Panos-xo9rc

19 күн бұрын

It's cheap,emotional garbage.

@Panos-xo9rc

19 күн бұрын

@@kom17 that's a very mild assesment if you ask me.

I have read all his books and they illuminate the mistakes of the past so we can learn for the future. His style is so readable considering his treatment of some pretty horrific parts of history. He lays blame fearlessly where required, regardless of your allegiance. Facts cannot be distorted when they are researched meticulously. One of the great historians of his time.

@louise_rose

14 күн бұрын

Yes, he's a good historian, but it's entirely plausible to call out aspects pf British history in the same way - only it's very rarely done by native British authors. Tareq Ali has been doing it for half a century, most recently in a thought-provoking biography of Churchill where he discusses the shortcomings and occasional gaslighting of this great Briton, but that's not seen as "good cricket" under the normal narrative. Also, saying that "facts cannot be distorted" is kinda moot when some of the critical facts are simply not easily available, or have been covered up. Which is the case more often than you might like to think.

@olivier8264

13 күн бұрын

@@louise_rose hear, hear

@stephenhill545

9 күн бұрын

​@@louise_rosewe face up to our crimes far more than Russians, who cannot reflect.

What an enjoyable and thought provoking interview between the interviewee Sir Anthony Beevor and the gentleman performing the interview. I felt the questions were well thought out and that he had done his homework.

Great interview and great interviewer 🙏

@hylkewesterhuis9667

19 күн бұрын

I utter&complete-ly disagree! :_[ hYlkeW

This is a very good interview with very good questions.

@hylkewesterhuis9667

19 күн бұрын

I utter&complete-ly disagree! :_[ hYlkeW

GREAT INTERVIEWEE AND GREAT INTERVIEWER. ONE OF THE BEST INTERVIEWS I HAVE EVER SEEN. ONE OF THE VERY FEW ON TRP.

@hylkewesterhuis9667

19 күн бұрын

I utter&complete-ly disagree! :_[ hYlkeW

Wonderful interview. My take on movies about historical events is, yes, you should not use a movie as a history lesson, but it can be a gateway drug into reading about what really happened. As a teen, late at night, i saw the movie Mister Roberts, still one if my favorites. That inspired me to go down into the basement and start to read my father's books about the Pacific war. Now I have a tendency to bore people when I talk about these subjects. Or maybe I'm just boring, oh well.

@philipwittamore

21 күн бұрын

When you are not swimming in kool aid you are automatically boring. Wear it as a medal.

@Panos-xo9rc

19 күн бұрын

It is the people who are clueless about the world we live in who are boring. And you know what?Most of them WANT to be clueless. The want to know NOTHING other than what they are being told.

@jayanthanps9501

16 күн бұрын

" Peoples history of US " by Howard Zinn Did you ever read this book? Just curiosity pressed me to ask this Question ❓

Absolutely fascinating. Must read some of his books now!

Lincoln was also a racist, but he freed the slaves. So, as we study history, these are the contradictions that we encounter.

@jayanthanps9501

16 күн бұрын

Please recheck it. Did Howard Zinn slightly oppose your view? Lincoln was under tremendous pressure no to

The fact that he’s been knighted tells you right away that he’s a court historian.

Excellent interviewer.

A fascinating interview with some unexpected curveball questions.

Goodness! Nice to see how Beevor thinks about east and west. A bit disheartening, but it is what it is.

@stephenhill545

9 күн бұрын

He's right about not being able to practice normal diplomacy. Treaties are not respected, which is disasterous, because it makes negotiation pointless.

Great Sir author, greetings from Poland with respect

"The second cold war"... I like the expression! But it could be the same old first one, with a little "entracte", or detente

Speaking of maudlin movies,I wonder what he thinks of Vilsmaier's "Stalingrad" ?

Is the smoke alarm chirping?

23:41 The inability to self reflect is quite astonishing.

@user-cy1bb6dw2z

19 күн бұрын

brits be brits...

@stephenhill545

9 күн бұрын

You weren't listening. Can you?

@kom17

9 күн бұрын

@@stephenhill545 assumptions are for the ignorant. we can talk facts

What country is a perfect democracy?

@artmcteagle

19 күн бұрын

‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’ Winston S Churchill, 11 November 1947

@IliyaOsnovikov

19 күн бұрын

@@artmcteagle I know that. There are many supposedly democratic countries. Which one of them can be used as a model?

@stephenhill545

9 күн бұрын

Democracy is not perfect, because you can never fully balance power in society, but it is the best way we have to stop concentration of power in a few hands, and the best defense against tyranny.

Ignorance- do not forget ignorance. Fear is basic...but fear flourishes when combined with ignorance...those in power manipulate these 2.

Putin's three year old brother died of hunger in Stalingrad. Why is this fact not mentioned more? Would give good insight into his loathing of Western invaders. I also think all this emphasis on styles of Governments is somewhat abstract. The streets of Moscow and Beijing are safer than London and New York. Is that not a bottom line for people. Look at the choice facing the US now? I would rather have a good leader than a choice between Trump and Biden.

@marcusaurelius9123

13 күн бұрын

You mean just overlook that Russia is a kleptocracy because the streets are peaceful? Overlook that Putin has dragged Russia into an unnecessary & catastrophic war because there's less street crime? How about the war dead? Imagine for one minute Russia without the Ukraine war, without the sanctions, without the political murders. And then ponder whether Putin is really a great leader.

@goranrajcevic5550

13 күн бұрын

Leningrad, not Stalingrad, but your point stands.

@stephenhill545

9 күн бұрын

It was Leningrad, and he had a close strategic partnership with Germany for many years. I doubt Putin loathes invaders, because he, like Stalin and the Tsars, rather enjoys invading other countries, and he admires them for doing it.

"Why cant Russia become a proper democracy?" The question seems to suppose the West somehow functions as an authentic democracy-

@colincampbell4261

21 күн бұрын

Of course it is not perfect - but alternatives seem much worse.

@stevehurrell651

21 күн бұрын

@@colincampbell4261 The west´s "democracy" looks functional because the dice are loaded in our favour: USA hegemony; NATO belligerence; a strangle hold on oil and banking. It all looks a bit fragile these days. USA democracy is dysfunctional- there is no social mobility- if you´re poor, you´ll die poor.

@rg-cc5kg

21 күн бұрын

No, it does not. There is no such thing as a authentic democracy. Democracies are self perfecting entities but flawed nonetheless. However, any ultra woke democracy with 123 genders and 7000 races is still miles and miles and miles better than Dictatorships such as Putinistan or Xinesia. Name one dictatorship that works better than our flawed western nations. I am eager to learn.

@anthonyhulse1248

21 күн бұрын

Democracy isn’t perfect, but Ruzzian kleptocracy is hell.

@Panos-xo9rc

19 күн бұрын

It doesn't seems. It does.

I love all of his books,he tells the true facts of the times.

Sir Antony Beevor is one of my favourite historians, together with Stephen Kotkin.

@samsungtap4183

26 күн бұрын

Beevor knows his demographic very well. If you want to make money in the bookselling field, it's America America America and it's a very fickle market so you never criticise your market in any meaningful way. You pander the Americans and become rich. The other fellow you like. well like all Eastern Europeans he carries baggage a lot of baggage as to percieved crimes agaist his grand parents. Both these authors are biased but for different reasons. Beevor for money...Kotkin for hate and revenge...i think !

@hylkewesterhuis9667

19 күн бұрын

I utter&complete-ly disagree! :_[ hYlkeW

@glhmedic

9 күн бұрын

@@hylkewesterhuis9667if you have nothing to say then stfu

I would like to read a book about the real experiences of the Russian people after the collapse of the Soviet Union. On a different note, I strongly disagree with the author that it's unlikely there will be another "great man" in the West. The danger is visible for those who can see it. This issue is discussed around 11:00

@thomasaminer

16 күн бұрын

Try "The invention of Russia" by Arkady Ostrovsky. Not so much about experiences, but a well done popular history of Russia after 1989

David irving?where is he?

@cyberhermit1222

26 күн бұрын

Persecuted for telling the truth

@glasgowgrad6277

26 күн бұрын

@@cyberhermit1222 Bollocks. He's been thoroughly discredited for telling lies. A judge branded him an anti-semite, a racist and a bigot, which he is. Remember that he lost his own court case against Deborah Lipstadt - idiot.

@colincampbell4261

21 күн бұрын

​@@cyberhermit1222in a very special chamber.

@olivier8264

13 күн бұрын

he stood on the toes of the toes and untouchables, never to be forgiven.

I've noticed that people who declined a knighthood constitute a *far* more interesting group than the narcissists who relish honors.

@armingleiner5292

21 күн бұрын

Nah. It would be healthy if we brought back all the customs from 100 or more years ago.

@anthonyhulse1248

21 күн бұрын

You’ve noticed? OK list your top 100 people who have declined a knighthood.

@tigerlikeswater

12 күн бұрын

Noticed have you - Okay - I would have preferred hanging out with Bowie and Jagger than your judgement on who's the interesting knighthood decliners

@sopwithsnoopy8779

9 күн бұрын

They should have knighted Eddie Money. He could have been Count de Money !!! 😊

A bizarre take Putin taking about one Russia - is that strange as a president of one country? Doesn't all presidents talk to the citizens as being one people? Is the US any different?

@Elitist20

21 күн бұрын

Yes. USA hasn't tried to invade Canada since the War of 1812.

@Panos-xo9rc

19 күн бұрын

Not bizzare at all if you consider the calls about dismemberment of RF.

@user-cy1bb6dw2z

19 күн бұрын

correct...otherwise they will get trown out of office for not properly following the protocols of their constitution

‘Globalisation’ is not an event - it is a cynical programme. 6:44

Doing fine untill you mentioned BowTieMan. He doesn't rate near someone like this .......... ( Fell off cliff )

Fire alarm bateries are dying

It's an interesting but quite disingenuous interview with Sir Anthony Beever, I think. I see that Western self-consciousness is very flattered by the idea of its own superiority and, accordingly, the idea of the confrontation between Western democracies and all kinds of autocracies. But, in fact, this is a very superficial view of things. Using this dichotomy, it is easy to manipulate Western society, including on the issue of war and peace. This is what we are seeing now in connection with the confrontation with Russia.

@user-cy1bb6dw2z

19 күн бұрын

the soothing sounds of aggrandising self flatulation..no one better then british intellectuals

Serious Russian historians, have those words ever been used before.

Braveheart, very entertaining but not based on fact.

@anthonyhulse1248

21 күн бұрын

Could you recommend a biography of Putin?

Court historian.

Why Russia should become a demo For? Did democracy is ultimate ideas for the world?

@rg-cc5kg

21 күн бұрын

In a nutshell, yes. Democracy is the best choice under a number of bad chances. It is a small jackpot but still the jackpot. Not a palace but a modest home.

@alexandersedov9896

20 күн бұрын

@@rg-cc5kg When I hear a gentleman declare that Great Britain is a democracy, I always want to ask him how many times have the British people elected their head of state? The latest leapfrog with British prime ministers clearly showed how little part British voters had in this. It's strange that British politicians continue to teach democracy to the rest of the world.

Is that noise in the background a smoke detector? So annoying

“The west hopes all people’s will see the merits of parliamentary democracy “ … 😂😂😂

@anthonyhulse1248

21 күн бұрын

Because it’s 110% better than the alternative. On the other hand: may you have the joy of living in a putinesque kleptocracy in your own country. 🙏

Antony, I adore your writings; however, you ignore the fact that "Democracies" can behave as brutally if not more brutal than any Hitler/Stalin/Mao regime.

Speaking as both a historian and as a Marxist, I can say that Beevor's books still hold up pretty well. Kudos to him on his whole body of work!

@anthonyhulse1248

21 күн бұрын

You can’t be a Marxist and a historian. The two are not compatible.

@Panos-xo9rc

19 күн бұрын

Beevor's work is pulp "history" with HEAVY antirussian and ,since you say you are a marxist,anticommunist bias. Stalingrad was below subpar,Berlin was complete trash. The guy is a joke,he was writing spy novels before relabeling himself as a WW2 guru...

@user-cy1bb6dw2z

19 күн бұрын

if you say so 🤡

@user-cy1bb6dw2z

19 күн бұрын

@@anthonyhulse1248 pathetic argumentation funny man

Beevor needs to have a much tougher interview than this. The interviewer was poor.

Beevor,Applebaum etc were on a mission when they were publishing tneir works. I suspected this back then,it has been confirmed after 2014. There is nothing else to be told.

Sorry, too much fawning, too much name-dropping.

@redtobertshateshandles

24 күн бұрын

It's British. 😂

@bobjohnbowles

23 күн бұрын

@@redtobertshateshandles This is a Turkish channel. Go figure.

It is painful to listen somebody who is so knowledgeable but willfully ignorant. Mt Beevor doesn't understand and is disconnected from the present reality

@anthonyhulse1248

21 күн бұрын

You confuse putin’s ambitions with reality.

Overrated author, average interview

@anthonyhulse1248

21 күн бұрын

Fake account.

@olivier8264

13 күн бұрын

@@anthonyhulse1248 shame

World Asthma Day is observed every year on the first Tuesday of May to spread awareness and care about asthma in the world. An annual event is organised by the Global Initiative for Asthma.

Wow, Russian bots out in force in the comments.

@felipe-vibor

21 күн бұрын

Define ' bots'?

@anthonyhulse1248

21 күн бұрын

@@felipe-viborshills for putin, apologists for ruzzian war crimes.

@Elitist20

19 күн бұрын

@@felipe-vibor Google it.

@Panos-xo9rc

19 күн бұрын

Beevor was the ultimate WasteBot,before it was cool.

@user-cy1bb6dw2z

19 күн бұрын

thanks for the compliment,i feel warm and fuzzy

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@anthonyhulse1248

21 күн бұрын

🇷🇺💤🌻🌻🌻

NATO get out of Ukraine

@philipwittamore

21 күн бұрын

If ever NATO goes to Ukraine, you'll know.

It always strikes me how much ideological agenda permeates actually British political and historical talk! All those ceaseless references to "democracy vs totalitarism" have as much in common with reality as communist "conflict of classes"! This is particularly ironic, having in mind how the British dealt not only with other nations like the "pesky" Irish but also their own indigenous population throughout history -- were they really any "milder and gentler" than Russians? Antony Beevor is considered by serious Russian historians to be a populist writer not because he has something against Russia but precisely because his ideological standpoint consistently prevails over history in his works. Just watching this interview, one can see how tendentious and unhistorical are the views of this guy which can produce only awful results in the study of history. After all, it is supremely ironic that a person from the Kingdom talks with a person from the country with as a sketchy history of "democracy" as Russia ruled by another "dictator," Erdogan, about how bad Putin is and how undemocratic Russia is. Mind you, to an interviewer from another country, Anthony would mention how bad Turkey is with the same typical English swagger and nonchalance.

@therageandthepride

25 күн бұрын

❤

@BrianOh-uc3gm

23 күн бұрын

In what way are Beevor's views "unhistorical". How do you know what his views are?

@Elitist20

21 күн бұрын

Clearly he's annoying all the right people. 😆

@anthonyhulse1248

21 күн бұрын

Clearly you engage in whataboutery to avoid discussion of RuZZia’s current genocidal war in Ukraine 🇺🇦 and its hegemonic ambitions from Pacific, to Atlantic to the Arctic. Shame

@user-nb6uk9vl1b

19 күн бұрын

@@BrianOh-uc3gm I can answer that- as a history scholar, I read all of his books, and find them firmly embedded in fiction and propaganda, rather than fact. Whatever little factual presence there is in his books gets twisted to fit the narrative that Beavor trying to peddle in his populist writing.

when "one" can only use the word "one's" rather than my.... and thinks all historians are males... he looks like a dinosaur to me. Sort of appropriate for a historian, really.

Anthony Beevor is not a good historian at all. People with more reasonable and accurate views on reality have published great work. Recommend Glantz work on eastern front.

Free Palestine😢

@LDN76

28 күн бұрын

Is in progress, patience

@user-yi3nj9yr9e

23 күн бұрын

Stupidity does not hurt

Beevor is to history what Kentucky Fried Chicken is to Chicken…. entry level history… or British Propaganda..

@user-cy1bb6dw2z

19 күн бұрын

british literature is a form of softpower to suport the narative of the empire

@paulthomas3734

11 күн бұрын

A Putin apologist and a wokist 😅

@andywilliams8540

10 күн бұрын

Putin fanboy?