it was organized by the nazis to demonstrate the jewish, bolshevik, and anti-aryan nature of modern art from gauguin onwards. art approved by the third reich portrayed idealized images of labor, maternity, and family life in a figurative style untroubled by any considerations of form. unsere deutsche nation... unser deutsches volk! sieg heil! the storm clouds gathering over europe threatened to devastate the continent physically and culturally to submerge the western humane tradition. as war grew inevitable and the nazi persecutions, especially of the jews grew more intense, many writers and artists fled to freedom to london and especially the united states. from a dozen once free and democratic nations are coming scholars and artists, doctors and scientists who have found that the practice of the free arts is no longer possible in nazi europe. it's no accident that around 1939 to 1940 the center of creative vitality in western visual arts moved away from paris here to new york. of the many hundreds of artists who came to new york many would not return to europe for some years if ever.

particularly this idea of the stab in the back myth that the german army was let down by socialists and bolsheviksat home and pacifists at home. the article 231 in the treaty of versailles is particularly important. not only was germany being labeled but morally responsible for the war. so the victorious powers were able to impart all this guilt on to germany. i think it's worth bearing in mind that there are almost two decades between the end of the first world war and the beginning of the second world war. and a lot happens in that time. it's dangerous if we approach the topic or we try to connect the two wars in this linear way that we ignore some very genuine and worthwhile attempts at peacekeeping and in particular i'm referring to attempts from the treaties in the mid 1920's, 1925, and to bring together antagonistic france and germany to a point where they were speaking and bringing in programs. the league of nations much aligned, not particularly effective but laid the foundation for the united nations. >> harry truman was an artillery officer in the first world war. charles de gaulle was b

the versailles treaty, the unequal terms imposed on the germans which gave rise to fascism, the bolshevik revolution, go down the list of the impact on the rest of the entire century that are being felt today. the boundaries drawn between iraq, syria, etc. by some british journals. the bloodletting is beyond anyone's imagination. it staggers the imagination. the first battle the british lost 30,000 killed and wounded in the first day, the numbers overwhelm you. so i think even those the united states came in late in the war and one of the people we write about fog in the battle, the real seminal battle the americans won against the germans, american marines, it is entirely appropriate to be honest with you, not only to honor those who sacrificed but also so that we recognize that conflict was a proportion, still, my imagination does not encompass how terrible that bloodletting was. when i was a very young boy i read the seminal book i think it is called all quiet on the western front. i recommend it for anybody who is not read it to understand the incredible horror of that war. >> you say

is that right quick >> that's what happened in the chinese and the bolshevik revolution in vietnam but it turned out karl marx got it wrong because karl marx had it with the industrial proletariat that would be the bearers of revolution and it turned out workers were doing pretty well in europe. they were getting richer and becoming middle class, which is why there is never a communist revolution in germany or france or britain. in russia and vietnam and china, you did have equal societies that form the backbone of communist movements. >> so other steps that need to be followed in order to a private democracy? can you put the cart before the horse? >> well, i guess it depends on who that who is because there's nobody left this power to say, for example, in east asia, in korea and taiwan, you had a lot of economic growth under an hour terry machine. in the 1980s, both of these countries democratize and many people say this is the best way to do it. this is what the europeans did in the 19th century. your economic growth on the democracy later. the fact is if you look around the world, m

people are saying, "you're a long-term anti-bolshevik, how can you be allying yourself with them?"he said -- let me get this right. "if hitler invaded hell, i would at least make a favorable reference to the devil in the house of commons." [laughter] thereafter, it is churchill who has to travel to see stalin in 1942 to explain why there cannot be a second front in 1942. churchill has to take the difficult decisions to relieve the pressure on the eastern front. churchill is sending the convoys through the north sea to keep the russian supplied and engaged. the real allied fear in all of this is there may come a point where stalin concludes this is not worth anymore russian blood, that he has gone so far but no further and will include an alliance with hitler. that is the nightmare scenario and one of the pressures driving them towards a second front. i think churchill and roosevelt are also worried by the time you get to 1944 of how the war will play out as the russians start to move forward. how much of europe are they going to dominate? their thoughts do start to turn to that pos

the flower the versify a treaty and equal terms imposed which gave rise to fascism the bolshevik revolution you can go down the list of the impact on the entire century felt today that the boundaries drawn between iraq and syria and by british kernels and the blood letting is beyond anyone's imagination would have first the with the battle the british had 30,000 killed or wounded in the first day. the numbers overall view. so even those united states came late to though war and one of the people we write about fought in the battle that was the seminal battle against the germans i think it is entirely appropriate to not only honor those who have sacrificed the recognize that conflict was of proportions that still my imagination does not encompass how terrible that bloodletting was as a very young boy is safe is the humility that makes service people so explain how that works. >> cut and a couple in the korean war having a congressional medal of honor winner there are modest individuals. you almost have to pry it out of them. their humble because they have the character that was willing that

that has to be some sensible, non-bolshevik democrats in the senate that will see that all they are doing is destroying the country by promoting the policies. all we're doing is propping up the 1% that has the money to give to these crazy groups, like george soros and people like that. host: jim, are you optimistic that gridlock can be overcome? caller: well i don't know if gridlock is actually a bad thing. it is still doing something, gridlock. but what i think the american iting rushted 4 -- c limbaugh, they voted to stop obama. the people who didn't vote didn't care and the people who with howwere fed up this country is in a deep trouble. we are seeing record stock market levels and it is sort of a false economy that the government and stock market quotes right now. host: a few suggestions on areas of compromise from twitter. "they can work together to repeal all the bad law." "one area of agreement between the gop and dems, they agreed that they intensely dislike each other." here is "the washington times" today. eyes gopouse cooperation after landslide." news usa-canada editor, he sa