Margaret MacMillan: Why Is War Not Part of the Current Election Conversation?

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Margaret MacMillan: Why Is War Not Part of the Current Election Conversation?

Andrew Keen

Nov 03, 2020

On today's episode, Margaret MacMillan, author of the new book War, discusses how war has shaped both Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

Margaret MacMillan is emeritus professor of international history at the University of Oxford and professor of history at the University of Toronto. She received her PhD from Oxford University and became a member of the history faculty at Ryerson University in 1975. In 2002 she became Provost of Trinity College at the University of Toronto, and from 2007 to 2017 she was the Warden of St. Antony's College at Oxford University. Her previous books include Paris 1919, The War That Ended Peace, Nixon and Mao, Dangerous Games, and Women of the Raj.

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