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The Reith Lectures: Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain: Managing the Unmanageable

Managing the Unmanageable

17/07/2018

Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain

BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain, Managing the Unmanageable

Margaret MacMillan assesses attempts to constrain and justify conflict.

Historian Margaret MacMillan assesses international attempts to control and justify conflict.

Historian Margaret MacMillan assesses how the law and international agreements have attempted to address conflict. Speaking to an audience at the Northern Irish Parliament Buildings at Stormont in Belfast, Professor MacMillan outlines how both states and the people have sought to justify warfare - from self-defence to civil war - focusing on examples from Irish and British history. The programme, including a question and answer session, is presented by Anita Anand. 

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Editor: Hugh Levinson

The Reith Lectures: Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain

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

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