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Articles in September 2002 issue of History Today
- Taken at face value. (Letters Page).(Letter to the Editor)
by Sohn, Steven - A cookbook dating from 1500 has been discovered at Longleat House, the ancestral home of the Marquis of Bath. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
- Declassified documents have revealed a division between Winston Churchill and General Dwight D Eisenhower concerning security over the D-Day landings. (News).(Brief Article)
- The Kamikaze mindset. (Frontline).
by Axell, Albert - New light on The Lady with the Lamp: Susan-Mary Grant looks at Florence Nightingale's influence on medical care in the Crimea and the US Civil War.
by Grant, Susan-Mary - Mistaken identity. (Letters Page).(Letter to the Editor)
by Worthing, D. - Drawing from history. (Point Of Departure).(book illustrating)
by Ambrus, Victor - Two new theories about the identity of the informant who gave away the hiding place of Anne Frank in 1944 have prompted a fresh investigation by Dutch government historians. (News).(Brief Article)
- The Gregorian calendar adopted in England: September 2nd, 1752. (Months Past).(Brief Article)
by Cavendish, Richard - Last post. (Letters Page).(Letter to the Editor)
by Allington, Les - Americanisation or globalisation? David Ellwood argues that the attempts of British politicians to copy an American `role model' are likely to fail. (Cross Current).(Column)
by Ellwood, David - Shameless: the Visionary Life of Mary Gove Nichols.(Review)
by Jean L. Silver-Isenstadt, author. - Seven golden `angel' coins dating from the 1460s have gone on display at the Museum of London after being discovered in Spitalfields. (News).(Brief Article)
- Rodney Hilton. (Frontline).(Obituary)
by Wickham, Chris - Monsieur Garnerin drops in: John Lucas extols the pioneers who helped develop the parachute, two centuries ago. (Cross Current).(Column)
by Lucas, John - An 18th-century lottery ticket, calculated to be worth 177 million [pounds sterling] today, has been found by a Devon man. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
- British Museum scientists have discovered two head-dresses from the Great Death Pit at Ur in Iraq, dating from around 2500 BC, on an archive shelf. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
- Round and about: September 2002.
- The battle of Homildon Hill: September 14th, 1402. (Months Past).(Brief Article)
by Cavendish, Richard - The Glass Bathyscaphe: How Glass Changed the World.(Review)
by Throwing Fire Projectile Technology Through History. Alfred W. Crosby - Big brother. (Letters Page).(Letter to the Editor)
by Bishop, Alan J. - Captain Cook's relatives may undergo DNA tests to determine whether a 200-year-old arrow in the Australian Museum collection was made from the explorer's thighbone. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
- Archaeologists have discovered that Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire may have had the technology in the early 16th century for large-scale iron production, prompting claims that Henry VIII's Reformation and dissolution of the monasteries may have delayed Brita
- Rock art in Egypt. (Frontline).
by Young, Penny - The Schlieffen plan--fantasy or catastrophe? Terence Zuber argues that the German army's rigid plan for a quick victory in France in 1914 was a postwar fabrication.(Column)
by Zuber, Terence - Radio Goes to War: The Cultural Politics of Propaganda during World War II.(Review)
by Radio Goes to War: The Cultural Politics of Propaganda during World War II. Gerd Horten - `A most felicitous foray': Dean Juniper shows the power of a `green' Victorian pressure group in action.(Column)
by Juniper, Dean - Amiens 1802: the phoney peace: David Johnson reconsiders the nature of the peace treaty between Britain and France and the tarnished reputation of prime minister Addington.(Column)
by Johnson, David - The long farewell: Russell Chamberlin observes as Menorca celebrates the bicentennial of Treaty of Amiens.(Column)
by Chamberlin, Russell - State of the nation. (Letters Page).(Letter to the Editor)
by Venning, George - Republican soldiers who were shot and buried in temporary roadside ditches by Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War are being systematically researched and identified by a memorial organisation. (News).(Brief Article)
- Archaeologists have found a jar of Roman fish paste, complete with a clay label, while building a subway in north-west England. (News).(Brief Article)
- An American memorial group is to compile a list of all the Allied combatants who died during the Normandy landings. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
- Serbia: the History behind the Name.(Review)
by The Balkans From Constantinople to Communism. Dennis P. Hupchick - Death of Emile Zola: September 20th, 1902. (Months Past).(Brief Article)
by Cavendish, Richard - Everyday life in a German town: Panikos Panayi explores the conditions endured by the people of Osnabruck between 1929 and 1949.(Column)
by Panayi, Panikos - Replicas of dilapidated and threatened ancient Egyptian sites are to be created using advanced technology in a new 36 million [pounds sterling] scheme. (News).(Brief Article)
- Anne de Montmorency: great master, great survivor: Glenn Richardson explores the talents and fortune of the 16th-century French courtier who served five kings.(Column)
by Richardson, Glenn