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Margaret MacMillan

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Also known as Margaret Olwen MacMillan

Canadian historian

Person · Open Library

Born
23 Dec 1943
Works
45

Top works

  • War
  • Dangerous Games
  • History's People
  • Peacemakers Six Months That Changed the World
  • París, 1919

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Canada
Active from
1943-12-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
78
Total plays
1,135

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Quotes

  • Over the years, historians have tried to discern grand patterns, perhaps one grand pattern, that explain everything.
  • Histories that that show past injustices or crimes can be used to argue for redress in the present.
  • Lost golden ages can be very effective tools for motivating people in the present.
  • Nationalism brought Germany and Italy into being, destroyed Austrio-Hungary, and , more recently, broke apart Yugoslavia. People have suffered and died, and have harmed and killed others, for their 'nation'.
  • We have to be careful to cast our gaze as widely as possible. If we only look for the lessons that reinforce decisions we have already made, we will run into trouble.
  • History does not produce definitive answers for all time. It is a process.

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