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Articles in December 2001 issue of History Today

• Critical mass. (Letter).
  by Vigor, Paul H.
• The view from `The Trench'. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
  by Mortimer, David
• New History Atlas.(Penguin Atlas of British & Irish History ) (book review)
  by Haywood, John
• Minister of hate: Gerald L.K. Smith.
  by Luhrssen, David
• History in the media.
• Yoruba Warlords of the Nineteenth Century. (Reviews). (book review)
  by Parker, John
• Free enterprise. (Letters).
  by Crofts, Valerie
• Fighting the Afghans in the 19th century: Bruce Collins considers the mixture of adventurism, disaster and lethal reprisal that marked British activities in Afghanistan under Victoria. (Cover Story).
  by Collins, Bruce
• Scrooge and Albert: Christmas in the 1840s.
  by Lalumia, Christine
• Innovation and design in Tudor and Stuart Britain: John Styles marks the opening of the new British Galleries at the V&A with a look at influences and innovations during a dynamic period of design history.
  by Styles, John
• Deforestation. (Letters).
  by Lowenthal, David
• Civilising the Urban. (Reviews). (book review)
  by Evans, Neil
• Napoleon and Wellington. (Reviews). (book review)
  by Black, Jeremy
• The Byzantine Wars. (Reviews). (book review)
  by Stephenson, Paul
• Proper history. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
  by Axford, Martin
• Why collect? Joseph Rykwert considers what has led people through the ages to make collections, sometimes of the most unlikely objects, and discusses the value of their activities.
  by Rykwert, Joseph
• The V&A British Galleries.(Victoria and Albert Museum)
  by Wilk, Christopher
• Round and about: December.(calendar of events and exhibitions)(Brief Article)
• Byzantium. (Reviews). (book review)
  by Stephenson, Paul
• Something Must be Done. (Reviews). (book review)
  by Evans, Neil
• The Myth of the Great War. (Reviews). (book review)
  by Beckett, Ian F.W.
• A Concise History of Byzantium. (Reviews). (book review)
  by Stephenson, Paul
• London -- World City on display.(Museum of London )
  by Werner, Alex
• Obituaries.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
• Down the tube: Stephen Halliday investigates the murky world of financing London's underground. (Cross Current).(London Tube)
  by Halliday, Stephen
• Birth of Lord George Gordon December 26th, 1751.(Brief Article)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Richard Trevithick's First Steam Carriage December 24th, 1801. (Months Past).(Brief Article)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• The most ruinous allied policy of the Second World War.
  by Flemming, Thomas
• The C.I.A. con-trick: Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones explains the historical roots of the arguments surrounding the CIA following their failure to anticipate the attacks of September 11th. (Cross Current).
  by Jeffrey-Jones, Rhodri
• Time bandit: Geoffrey Regan explains how the experience of boredom in the classroom set him off into a career as inspirational teacher, writer and broadcaster. (Point of Departure).
  by Regan, Geoffrey
• The First World War. (Reviews). (book review)
  by Beckett, Ian F.W.
• People and place: Don Henson explains the importance of archaeology in today's social and political environment. (Today's History).
  by Henson, Don
• The Kingdom of Libya is Established December 24th, 1951. (Months Past).(Brief Article)
  by Cavendish, Richard
• Religious Encounter and the Making of the Yoruba. (Reviews). (book review)
  by Parker, John