[Maigret]

This is a terrific program, a definitel must see!

[nkycincinnatikid]

The Pity of War , is the most intelligent and compelling history of its period recently written. A truly refreshing and significant viewpoint. Thanks for the heads up

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I certainly enjoyed it. All except where he credibly asserts that there is good reason to suppose that we are in pretty deep in Iraq . . .

But he certainly is a serious person whose views you want to agree with generally.

[LadyDoc]

I only watched a little...but he was discussing the British occupation of Iraq in 1920. We rarely hear about that, except to hear it was a "disaster" like ours is (according to the US Liberal Press)...

But he says that one year on, the mullahs also started preaching revolt, that the Brits had too few troops, but that they did overcome the revolt. The League of Nations was a sham back then in trying to run the country, so they eventually put in a local king to rule the place, and as a result the Iraqis had peace for 40-50 years. The Brits didn't take their soldiers out for 30 years...the interviewer Susan seemed astonished and mumbled that most Americans didn't think we'd have troops there for that long (ignoring we still have troops in Germany 50 years later)...

[AuntB]

I caught this program yesterday and was not familiar with Mr. Ferguson. It was very informative.

[Constitution Day]

BUMP.

I watched this yesterday.
One of Professor Ferguson's books was discussed in National Review a while back, but I have never read anything by him.

I will soon remedy that.
He noted Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher as two of his favorite world leaders, along with Winston Churchill.

CD

[justshutupandtakeit]

I stumbled upon an hour of so of this and thought it fascinating. Ferguson's description of America's main problem as its attention span parallels my own. However, he did not attack its root the RATmedia which ensures that the nation will have no patience for serious undertakings or understanding of what is at risk.

It was fun watching the interviewer have to swallow her biases when he would answer with ringing endorsements of Thatcher and Reagan and Bush's Iraq policy.

[independentmind]

later

[Ryle]

The link's posted at cspan now for the interview:

http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segid=4485&schedID=267

Ryle