Imagine you are a "fly on the wall" in the time between the two "fires," World War I and World War II. What is it that you would see and hear? What are the topics of the day?
Perhaps, you are a fly on the wall in a train with Mahatma Gandhi and his colleagues, or on the windshield of Henry Ford's new Model T. Maybe you are being swatted by Woodrow Wilson himself as he and his Allied comrades struggle with the finalization of the Treaty of Versailles. What are the conversations you might hear?
And, for that matter, imagine looking in on a heated discussion among, say, Benito Mussolini or Adolf Hitler and top advisors discussing the injustices of post-war settlements or strategies for reclaiming their nation's prominent status.