The Three Historians: Niall Ferguson, Victor Davis Hanson, and Andrew Roberts | Uncommon Knowledge

[@Zederok]

As a history junkie let me just say this is going to be epic. Thanks for bringing these 3 together all of whom I admire deeply.

[@CRMWTY]

This is an all-time, amazing lineup. Can’t wait to watch this! Thank you gentlemen.

[@normnielsen]

It is beyond wonderful to have these brilliant minds help us navigate the chaos of popular discourse. Thank you!

[@mickey_rose]

Blessed to have these three scholars keeping us sane, and keeping us from drifting into the void of revisionist history.

[@shanecagney7451]

All history is revisionist, mickey. It's filtered through human beings who live in a certain time and place. There's always an element of subjectivity. You just factor it in. It's a bit dishonest to cherrypick one quotation from one person associated with the 1619 idea and then rubbish the entire idea. How much of what these gentlemen have written stands up to scrutiny, years later? The idea that Reagan defeated the Soviet Union is massively simplistic, what about the lots of Soviet satellites pushing back against Soviet authority for years.

[@cephlo1]

Revisionist history you say, as Niall Ferguson said in this very interview that there was no slavery in Britain.

[@chrissergeant7798]

BA Campbell University '87, been an Emergency Room RN for over 30 years, pine tree farmer in rural south Georgia, hey it's a long story. Where I went to school it was all essay and or oral exams. Not the best student, I still have a love of politics, and history. I follow these lectures with great interest and love. Thank y'all for preserving Western Civilization.

[@KellyBarron-c2k]

To the three brilliant gentlemen involved…. thank you. This discussion underscores why I have read history for all of my reading life. Outstanding.

[@modelenginerding6996]

Thank you for hosting this. We badly need long form discussion, and I think it is making a difference. Kotkin and McMaster have done a great service too. Great arguments for unifying Americans despite our flaws.

[@sisiphas]

Such a pleasure to listen to these men, a pleasure that is comparable, but less challenging, than reading their books. Thank you.

[@epifaniomorales4136]

Deep, but clear an concise. I hope we hear more from this trio.

[@frankagliotti3626]

So grateful for the exceptional wisdom and character in these great thinkers of history - an insightful and wonderful conversation - thank you.

[@bobgarcia2844]

What a joy to add to the mix of the day. God bless us everyone!

[@strelnikoff1632]

Best KZbin channel on geopolitics by far

[@mathieustafford9586]

I don’t know how anyone could make contrary arguments to historians of this caliber, love to see them standing against rabid historical narratives.

[@lynnthomason6589]

Excellent conversation Thank you. 😎

[@karenparker5748]

Wow! Great podcast. I could have listened to these 3 all day. Thank-you!

[@thisisthecall]

What a trio. Excellent work.

[@kaustabhkalita2476]

The resurgence of reality deriven historical reviews begins

[@bryanpatrickmchugh]

I thought it was the Soviets who shot the Polish officers at Katyn? (18:00)

[@oddwad6290]

True .

[@krompkap09]

What a treat.

[@charlesmackey8179]

Wonderful as usual!

[@PM-cx9wh]

Finally, no creationist crackpots but serious, intelligent and great men.

[@jeor1450]

Epic line up. Thank you!

[@elioxman8496]

I lived in USSR and remember the changes in the society from 1970 till 1990 when I left USSR thanks to Gorbachev's liberal policy. I am certain that the major cause of collapse of the Soviet Empire was the stupidity and inability of the old post-ww2 government. Thus a naïve romantic like Gorbachev came to power and destroyed the Empire to his own astonishment to the joy of my own and many others. If they were able to produce strong leaders like China or North Korea or Iran , we would still have a much more powerful enemy today. Sure the star wars thriller stressed the weak-minded Soviet leadership even more but I do not believe it had the same effect on more powerful and imperially-patriotic Russians if they were brought to the leadership positions.

[@michaelhollinshead6945]

Considering his book A Financial History of the World you would think that Ferguson would say something about the gargantuan government and private debts of the US and the West in general and the threats to stability in the West they represent and its capacity to mobilize sufficient resources to counter the BRICs.

[@sherimerriman8859]

Love it!

[@bobmeyer7009]

Amazing display of brain power and knowledge!

[@srzar]

Katyn was done by soviets, right? What is this about 12000 polish officers?

[@dave-fp2ls]

Brilliant

[@williambowen7365]

Way to go, Niall!

[@cephlo1]

He said there was no slavery in Britain. Do you like slavery?

[@rishotube]

Its gonna be good

[@danielknight506]

Amazing minds

[@oddwad6290]

" Humans have Paleolithic emotions , Medieval institutions and G od like technological power . " - E.O. Wilson . Basically confirming what Victor said about human nature . To bad Jefferson is under attack , because he understood human nature extremely well . He wasn't for Slavery , he wanted it to end peacefully using principled methods agreed upon by the States ?

[@nickgood8166]

Andrew Robert of Belgavia. Rather better than Florence of Belgravia, aka Rory Stewart, who inflicted his bloviations upon us earlier!

[@rodneynorfolk9737]

thnx

[@DipyamanMajumderUEE-xu5ne]

Stephen Kotkin missing?

[@woodjunkjrjr2689]

He was filming the Joe Pesci biopic. 🤷🇵🇰

[@oddwad6290]

Absolutely.

[@westnash]

We need Kotkin on his own for a better show

[@tnndll4294]

Sequel. Bring Kotkin in too.

[@judge4all]

The future is yet to be and the present is wobbly b/c it can be infected by the past.

[@srzar]

They should have mentioned Dan Carlin!

[@vinkopehar2049]

You left out Martyrmade😂

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

Victor quoting Miss Marple!

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

Southerners are accustomed to being blamed for slavery. My husband's Pennsylvania ancestors owned house slaves.

[@FactCheckerGuy]

There was some slavery in the North but it was dying at the time of the Revolution and more-or-less all eliminated by 1800 or so. It was always on a much smaller scale than in the South. Even in the South, in 1860, only a small % (

[@greattraveler3779]

A request to all three discussants: Please read "Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof 1939 - Der Krieg, der viele Väter hatte: Der lange Anlauf zum Zweiten Weltkrieg". I can not believe that you are ignorant of the many facts which you do not take into account in your statements in this discussion.

[@hamiltonian4698]

TRUMP 2024 !!

[@secoff1]

Covid started in a lab? I didnt realize the science settled this.SMH

[@we-can-do]

THE LAST LINK HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY ICEDRIVE.

[@Daniel-r3y2u]

Do they really require these grandiloquent introductions? It's embarrassing

[@mares3841]

Being contrary is the lazy way.

[@noogie13]

you need kotkin to keep you straight -- these three together are so partisan it's painful

[@jackreacher.]

... while Democrats serve up psychopathy ....

[@wolcottwu756]

Care to comment on Churchill's concentration camps of the Boer War? How about the British camps refugee Jews were retained within during the war? How about his relationship with Mussolini? Norm McDonald: "Funny how in the history books the winners of wars are always the good guys."

[@woodjunkjrjr2689]

Kamala Harris needs a job at Hoover. ❤

[@dogs137]

yes, janitorial...

[@angusdesire]

Wooa Dr Roberts. I think if you do your research properly you will find that it was the Soviet Communists who executed the Polish officers at Katyn, not the Germans. We expect a tad more from such an eminent historian as yourself!!

[@cephlo1]

"There was no slavery in Britain" - Niall Ferguson

[@StereoSpace]

Excellent as always.

[@ladydove5895]

Excellent as always!