As part of a year of commemorations of the outbreak of
World War I, the New
Zealand Festival is pleased to host two of the finest military historians
during Writers Week, 7-12 March.
On Saturday 8th March
British-based professor Margaret MacMillan will discuss her latest book, The War that Ended Peace: How Europe
Abandoned Peace for the First World War which has been described by former
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as “one of the finest books I have ever
read on the causes of World War I”.
On 12th March The Great
Adventure will be brought to life in a special event at the Film Archive
when Lieutenant Colonel (rtd) Chris Pugsley will narrate film footage from WWI
with live musical accompaniment.
MacMillan is Warden of St.
Antony’s College and Professor of International History at the University of
Oxford. Her books include Women of the
Raj and international bestsellers Nixon in China and Peacemakers:
The Paris Conference 1919 and its Attempt to End the War - “The story of Europe’s diplomatic meltdown has
never been better told” (The Spectator). She won the 2002 Samuel Johnson Prize
for Peacemakers. In her latest book, MacMillan argues that the WWI
could have been avoided up to the last minute, and examines why Europe walked
into this catastrophic conflict.
Pugsley is one of New
Zealand’s leading military historians. A former Army officer, he
resigned from the military shortly after writing his first book on Gallipoli to
dedicate himself to a career as a historian. He has been a consultant to
Maurice Shadbolt for Once on Chunuk Bair, taught military history at the
Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and led field trips to the battlefields of
Europe.
His publications include Gallipoli:
The New Zealand Story (shortlisted for the Watties New Zealand Book of the
Year 1984) and The Anzac Experience: New Zealand, Australia and Empire in
the First World War (shortlisted for the Templer Medal 2005, Finalist in
History, Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2005).
The Uses
and Abuses of History: Margaret MacMillan
8 March 10.45am at Embassy Theatre
Tickets $18
8 March 10.45am at Embassy Theatre
Tickets $18
The Great Adventure Ends:
Christopher Pugsley
12 March 1.45pm at Embassy Theatre
Tickets $18
12 March 1.45pm at Embassy Theatre
Tickets $18
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