In the first episode of the new series of Reading our Times, Nick Spencer speaks to world–renowned expert on history and international relations Margaret MacMillan. 25/05/2021

War seems to be omnipresent in human history and despite the number of people who have argued that the world is getting ever more peaceful, it remains a reality for millions of people today.

Margaret MacMillan is Emeritus Professor of International History at the University of Oxford and a world–renowned expert on history and international relations. Nick Spencer speaks to her about her book War: How conflict shaped us which looks at how humans have fought and made peace with one another for millennia, and explores what this says about who we are.   

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