This morning I finished the World War special that was on History Channel this week. I enjoyed the format and indeed learned a few new things about this period in history. However, I had 4 big issues with the picture that they tried to paint. 1. Woodrow Wilsons Utopian view of world governance didnt get enough play. And the disastrous league of nations concept didnt get a mention. This, along with the rest of the Versailles treaty, created the environment of resentment that allowed Hitler to rise. Wilson is one of the worse presidents of that century because of his foreign policy and he gets off way too easy in this telling of the history 2.They white washed FDRs shameful capitulations to Stalin which set the stage for the next 40 years of tension and wars during the Cold War. Doing this also mutes the greatness of Churchill to have the foresight to call out Stalin as the next great threat to freedom as he had Hitler some time ago. 3. I dont remember Eisenhowers role in D-Day being fleshed out very well, if at all. If I missed that on the first watching of it then my bad. 4. The last one was the over simplification of Trumans decision to use the Atomic Bombs against Japan. I thought that pivotal decision/moment got far less attention than the decision to move Macarthur out of the Philippines or Patton out of the field and later use as a decoy at Dover. Did anyone else see it? Thoughts?
Posted on: Sat, 31 May 2014 17:15:38 +0000
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