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In 1946, her family moved to England when her father, a doctor in the navy, went there to study for a year. Margaret MacMillan would only return to England at age 15 when she was sent there to complete high school before returning to her family in Canada.
She received her B.A. from the University of Toronto before receiving her Ph.D. from Oxford University. From 1975 to 2002 she was a professor at Ryerson University in Toronto. She is the author of Women of the Raj , a selection of the "History Book Club." In addition to numerous articles and reviews on a variety of Canadian and world affairs, Ms. Macmillan has co-edited books dealing with Canada's international relations, including with NATO, and with Canadian-Australian relations.
Her most successful and celebrated work is which won the Duff Cooper PrizeThe Duff Cooper Prize is a prize which goes to the best work of history, biography, or political science published in English or French. The prize is worth £3,000. The prize was established in honour of Duff Cooper, a British diplomat, Cabinet member and for outstanding literary work in the field of history, biography or politics; the Hessell-Tiltman PrizeThe Hessell-Tiltman History Prize is awarded to the best work of history covering a period before WWII published in that year. The prize is organized by the United Kingdom division of PEN. It was founded in 2002 after PEN received a large was bequest from for History; the prestigious Samuel Johnson PrizeThe Samuel Johnson Prize is one of the world's most prestigious awards for non-fiction writing. It was founded in 1999 based on an anonymous donation and is managed by BBC 4. Each winner receives £30000 and each finalist £2500. The prize is named after Sa for the best work of non-fiction published in the United Kingdom; and the 2003 Governor General's Literary AwardThe 2003 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on November 12. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000. English-language finalists Fiction Winner: Douglas Glover Elle Other Finalists: Margaret Atwood Oryx and Crake Elizabeth Hay Ga in Canada.
She teaches courses on the history of international relations, including a seminar on the history of the Cold WarThe Cold War (c. 1945- 1991) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. On one side was the Soviet Union and its allies, often referred to as the E.