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Tuesday, June 24
WORLD WAR ONE AND THE BIRTH OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
By 1917, the Canadian government was encountering increased public
resistance to the war. South of the border, the US was just entering it,
and enlisting methods now common in mass communications. Ira Basen explores how the first global war gave rise to what we'd now call public relations.
Wednesday, June 25
WIND OF ANOTHER PLANET: MUSIC AND THE GREAT WAR
It's often been said that World War One created who we are today:
geopolitically and culturally. Contributor Robert Harris explains how
music -- classical and popular -- both prefigured and reflected the war
in the years leading up to the unprecedented destruction and after.
Thursday, June 26
MADNESS AND THE PROLONGED WAR
From the Stratford Festival, General John de Chastelain and historian Nick Terpstra discuss
the social consequences of war -- when all you know and love and
understand is destroyed, when there is no longer a centre to hold, what
happens to both communities and individuals?
Friday, June 27
JUST WAR THEORY: SO WHAT?
Over the centuries theologians, philosophers, and political scientists
have looked to Just War Theory to help them determine when and how war
should be waged. First developed by St. Augustine, Just War Theory
continues to dominate discussions on making war today. Producer Frank Faulk
asks whether Just War Theory has become little more than an
intellectual, moral and theological fraud, or whether it's actually
provided constraints on an intrinsically violent phenomenon.
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