War of the World - Ch.4 documentary

[Tarbicus]

Has anyone been following the new Channel 4 documentary, The War of the World, written and presented by historian Niall Feguson?

It really does paint a fresh picture on the bloodiest century and is very thought provoking.

More info here:
[url:f4vjxhbr]http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/t-z/warworld.html[/url]

According to historian Professor Niall Ferguson, we need to rethink our understanding of the 20th century. There were not, he says, two world wars and a ‘cold’ war, but a single Hundred Years' War. It was not nationalism that powered these conflicts, but empires. The driving force was not class or socialism – race was. And finally, it was not the West that triumphed; in fact, power slowly and steadily migrated towards the new empires of the East.

[Peroni]

I watched the second part last night. I only caught the last half of the first program but was suitably impressed by the way it is put accross.