Comments by "Adam Bainbridge" (@AdamMGTF) on "Understanding The Global Unease After WW1 | Impossible Peace | Timeline" video.

This was made for TV years ago. Just seeing Richard Overy is the giveaway. So sadly you won't see a follow-up. But at least these old documentaries are available online. :)
2
Have they started producing their own documentaries? This one was pretty good for when it was made
2
Weaker ago? It's a standard part of any history book that covers that time. Had it not been for the war, it probably would have been the most important event of the early 20th century.
2
You have to remember, the victors had little interest in what government represented the central powers nations. It just wasn't a factor. If a serial killer spends more than 4 years killing your family and friends. You don't care much that he or she 'found god' the day after being caught. It's human nature to blame and want revenge.
2
It had to fit into a 1 hour TV slot with adverts. That's why it's just over 45mins long 🙄
1
Brem. There is a reason it was known as "the war to end all wars". The most famous contemporary history was written by Churchill. But he's just one name we would call "famous" today. Of course there were tough economic times. Not just in Germany and Austria/Hungry. Both the BE and the French were in deep debt, mainly to America. But the idea of 'austerity' or was a minor annoyance to the public, when compared with over 4 years of deprivation and huge loss of life. The mood was positive (I read a lot of the papers from 1920 for university and in them you'd think sometimes that Christ had returned and proclaimed peace on earth).
1
@bremCZ that's how it was viewed. Of course they didn't expect an end to all war. Just between "civilised" nations. The people of the time had a very different outlook on the world compared to us today. None more so than politicians and historians (whom were often the same thing. Infact many statesman/politicians wrote their "history of the great war" as quickly as they could. Book sales and what not lol") Which is another good point. Many "history books" written just after the end of the war, were effectively memoirs in wider context. They were popular given the war took over everyone's lives for 4 years and of course censorship meant the public were kept in the dark as to the wider situation. Let alone specific events.
1
It's probably down to this being converted from a made for TV documentary. And given how old it is, the production style then was very different. The comments on the issues don't seem to take that into consideration
1
@MacJaxonManOfAction the BE wasn't the only empire redrawing the maps of Europe. The French empire, and the American empire contributed also. Of course, this isn't anything new. It's been happening for 3 thousand years of recorded European history. No doubt it happened long before that, it happens now and will for a long time to come.
1
To think, this is what you'd get to watch on normal TV back when this documentary was made. Before the history channel was obsessed with alians.
1