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The Reith Lectures: Margaret MacMillan

The Reith Lectures: Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain: Civilians and War

Civilians and War

10/07/2018

Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain

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Margaret MacMillan examines the role of civilians as supporters and victims of conflict.

Historian Margaret MacMillan examines the role of civilians as supporters and victims of conflict.

Historian Margaret MacMillan dissects the relationship between war and the civilian. Speaking to an audience in Beirut, she looks back at the city's violent past and discusses the impact of conflict on noncombatants throughout the centuries. She explores how civilians have been deliberately targeted, used as slaves and why women are still often singled out in mass rapes. And she addresses the proposition that human beings are becoming less, not more violent. The programme is chaired by Anita Anand.

Producer: Jim Frank 
Editor: Hugh Levinson

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Historian Margaret MacMillan explores the tangled history of war and society.

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