Dr Andrew McKenzie-McHarg: 'Making Sense of Assassinations'
Duration: 36 mins 58 secs
Share this media item:
Embed this media item:
Embed this media item:
About this item
| Description: | The talk looks at historical examples in which multiple assassinations have generated the spectre of conspiracy. |
|---|
| Created: | 2015-12-04 14:56 |
|---|---|
| Collection: |
Informal Lunchtime Seminar Series
Wolfson College lunchtime seminar series |
| Publisher: | Wolfson College Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Dr Andrew McKenzie-McHarg |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Abstract: | When a politician or prominent public figure is assassinated, there are two possible explanations: lone assassin or conspiracy. Signs of mental instability on the part of the assassin obviously tip the scales in favour of the former option. A subsequent assassination arouses, by contrast, suspicions of a conspiracy, particularly when the details surrounding the first assassination remain murky. |
|---|---|