Sir Antony Beevor on Russia, writing history and why he hates (most) war movies | The InnerView 

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 🙏

This is a very good interview with very good questions.

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

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.

Absolutely fascinating. Must read some of his books now!

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

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.

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

A fascinating interview with some unexpected curveball questions.

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

Excellent interviewer.

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

Great Sir author, greetings from Poland with respect

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

Is the smoke alarm chirping?

22:07, Beevor gives his thoughts about the future.

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

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

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.

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

What country is a perfect democracy?

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

The question by garda saying hitler said “kill all the Jews and Muslims” is incorrect. Hurler was pro-Muslim. I don’t need to elaborate. Examples abound

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

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

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

It’s amazing to me to learn how shallow minded, yet dedicated to depiction of opinion this man actually is.

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?

David irving?where is he?

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.

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

Fire alarm bateries are dying

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

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.

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

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!

Braveheart, very entertaining but not based on fact.

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

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

Court historian.

Good interviewer but I'm not impressed with Beevor's opinion. Think his knighthood clouds his judgement and opinion.

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.

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

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

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

Overrated author, average interview

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

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Wow, Russian bots out in force in the comments.

NATO get out of Ukraine

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.

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.

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