Author: Margaret MacMillan

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We must do our best to raise the public awareness of the past in all its richness and complexity.

We must do our best to raise the public awareness of the past in all its richness and complexity.

- Margaret MacMillan

Canadians see the Americans as cousins. We love the same sports: Canadians are crazy about baseball and basketball, and our beloved game of hockey is played all over the U.S.

Canadians see the Americans as cousins. We love the same sports: Canadians are crazy about baseball and basketball, and our beloved game of hockey is played all over the U.S.

- Margaret MacMillan

History does not produce definitive answers for all time. It is a process.

History does not produce definitive answers for all time. It is a process.

- Margaret MacMillan

I wish we could see understanding the First World War as a European issue, or even a global one, and not a nationalistic one.

I wish we could see understanding the First World War as a European issue, or even a global one, and not a nationalistic one.

- Margaret MacMillan

In my view, Germany could and should have made reparations for its aggression in World War I - but was the risk of renewed war worth forcing it to do so?

In my view, Germany could and should have made reparations for its aggression in World War I - but was the risk of renewed war worth forcing it to do so?

- Margaret MacMillan

I tend to think history is more a branch of literature than science.

I tend to think history is more a branch of literature than science.

- Margaret MacMillan

Our interest in history always reflects our own times.

Our interest in history always reflects our own times.

- Margaret MacMillan

It took a world war, between 1914 and 1918, to draw the United States into a deeper and more sustained relationship with the wider world.

It took a world war, between 1914 and 1918, to draw the United States into a deeper and more sustained relationship with the wider world.

- Margaret MacMillan

History can be helpful in making sense of the world we live in. It can also be fascinating, even fun.

History can be helpful in making sense of the world we live in. It can also be fascinating, even fun.

- Margaret MacMillan

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