PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND WAR MEMORY
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
GRACE BRADBERRY, "TOGA SAGAS CONQUER THE WORLD," GUARDIAN, AUGUST 10, 2003.
FIACHRA GIBBONS, "KINGS OF HOLLYWOOD IN EPIC BATTLE TO FILM ALEXANDER," GUARDIAN, DECEMBER 30, 2002.
"ALEXANDER THE GREAT PLAN SPARKS ROW," BBC NEWS, AUGUST 22, 2002.
KEMAL ATATURK
"TURKISH HEROINE'S ROOTS SPARK ROW," BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 29, 2004.
ATTILA THE HUN
ISAAC BROCK
Corey Larocque, "Cherish Lundy's Lane Battle Site," Niagara Falls Review (August 22, 2003).
Erik White, "Hero's Tomb Marks 150th Anniversary," Niagara Falls Review (August 9, 2003).
GEORGE W. BUSH
"KERRY QUERIES BUSH ON VIETNAM," BBC NEWS, APRIL 27, 2004.
"BUSH'S NEW CREDIBILITY TEST,"
BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 14, 2004.
"BUSH'S VIETNAM RECORDS RELEASED," BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 10, 2004.
"BUSH HIT'S BACK AT VIETNAM CHARGE," BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 4, 2004.
CHARLEMAGNE
WINSTON CHURCHILL
"DAUGHTER SCOTCHES CHURCHILL PARROT CLAIM," BBC NEWS, JANUARY 21, 2004.
"WINSTON'S OBSCENE PARROT LIVES ON," BBC NEWS, JANUARY 19, 2004.
"CHURCHILL IN 'WAR CRIMES' ROW," BBC NEWS, NOVEMBER 30, 2002.
"CHURCHILL VOTED GREATEST BRITON," BBC NEWS, NOVEMBER 24, 2002.
KATE CONNOLLY, "GERMANS CALL CHURCHILL A WAR CRIMINAL," LONDON TELEGRAPH, NOVEMBER 19, 2002.
"CHURCHILL GRAFFITI MAN JAILED," BBC NEWS, MAY 9, 2000.
"CHURCHILL A CRIMINAL -- HAIDER," BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 12, 2000.
CHARLES DEGAULLE
"FRENCH WRESTLE WITH DE GAULLE'S LEGACY," BBC NEWS, APRIL 15, 2002.
"FRANCE HONOURS DE GAULLE," BBC NEWS, JUNE 18, 2000.
"CHURCHILL 'WANTED TO ABANDON DE GAULLE,'" BBC NEWS, JUNE 5, 2000.
"CHARLES DE GAULLE ON THE INTERNET," BBC NEWS, JUNE 18, 1999.
FRANCISCO FRANCO
Katya Adler,
"Franco's Ghost Still Haunts Spain," BBC News (October 21, 2003).
"Adverts Franco Pun Causes Upset," BBC News (July 21, 2003).
Giles Tremlett, "Spanish Government Funds Group That Exalts Franco," Guardian International (September 21, 2002).
Adela Gooch, "Myth Of Franco Takes Pounding," Guardian (April 10, 2000).
"Spanish Parliament Condemns Franco Coup," BBC News (September 19, 1999).
"Explosion At Franco's Tomb," BBC News (April 7, 1999).
GENGHIS KHAN
"COMMUNITY CENTRE IN ANCIENT TENTS," BBC NEWS, JUNE 23, 2004.
SUE BRADBURY, "KHAN OF ALL HE SURVEYS," GUARDIAN, MARCH 20, 2004.
"MONGOLIA'S CULT OF THE GREAT KHAN," BBC NEWS, AUGUST 12, 2003.
"THE HUNT FOR GENGHIS KHAN," BBC NEWS, MAY 27, 2003.
"MONGOLIA GLORIFIES GENGHIS KHAN," BBC NEWS, MAY 3, 2002.
"US SCIENTISTS 'TRACK GENGHIS KHAN,'"
BBC NEWS, AUGUST 17, 2001.
HANNIBAL
EMPEROR HIROHITO
"JAPAN FOUND 'GUILTY' OF SEX SLAVE CRIMES," BBC NEWS, APRIL 12, 2001.
JONATHAN WATTS, "JAPAN'S REVISIONISTS TURN EMPEROR INTO A GOD ONCE MORE: POPULAR TOKYO SHRINE REWRITES POSTWAR HISTORY," GUARDIAN, AUGUST 21, 2002.
JONATHAN WATTS, "THE EMPERORS NEW ROOTS," GUARDIAN UNLIMITED, DECEMBER 28, 2001.
"JAPAN 'COVERED UP' GERM WARFARE," BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 6, 2001.
"HIROHITO 'ACTIVE' IN WAR," BBC NEWS, AUGUST 27, 2000.
ADOLF HITLER
"Berlin Hands Lot Over Hitler's Bunker To Nazi Victims Group," Clarinews (November 19, 2003).
"Police Act Over Hitler Picture," BBC NEWS, JUNE 20, 2001.
"Hitler -- The Comic Strip," BBC NEWS, JULY 12, 2000.
"Fate Of Hitler's Bunker Sparks Debate," Holland Sentinel (October 17, 1999).
"Hitler's 'Suicide Bunker' Unearthed," BBC News (October 15, 1999).
"Berliners Debate What To Do With Hitler's Bunker," CNN, (October 15,
1999).
"Authorities In Nazi Bunker Poser," BBC News (February 2, 1998).
"Hitler Museum Sparks Row," BBC NEWS, NOVEMBER 21, 1997.
HO CHI MINH
"HO CHI MINH WORKED IN LONDON PUB," BBC NEWS, MAY 18, 2004.
"HO CHI MINH LEGACY WEARS THIN," BBC NEWS, JULY 13, 2003.
"TOURISTS TO TAKE HO CHI MINH TRAIL," BBC NEWS, NOVEMBER 18, 2002.
"VIETNAM MAUSOLEUM MAP BLUNDER,"
BBC NEWS, MAY 21, 2001.
"VIETNAM MARKS 40 YEARS OF THE TRAIL," BBC NEWS, MAY 18, 1999.
SADDAM HUSSEIN
IVAN THE TERRIBLE
JOAN OF ARC
"LE PEN'S HEROINE ST. JOAN," BBC NEWS, MAY 1, 2002.
PHILIP FRENCH, "JOAN OF ARC," OBSERVER (MARCH 12, 2000).
MICHAEL ATKINSON, "GOT IT MAID," OBSERVER, JANUARY 21, 2000.
MARINA WARNER, "JOAN OF ARC," OBSERVER, NOVEMBER 28, 1999.
JON HENLEY, "TRUTH TARNISHES LEGEND OF ST. JOAN," GUARDIAN, OCTOBER 26, 1999.
JULIUS CAESAR
"IDES OF MARCH: WHY WORRY?," BBC NEWS, MARCH 16, 1999.
JOHN KERRY
"KERRY RELEASES MILITARY RECORDS," BBC NEWS, APRIL 21, 2004.
ROBERT E. LEE
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
"WORDS
OF LINCOLN CONSOLE NATION," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 11, 2002.
"HOMER EYES 'BEST AMERICAN' PRIZE," BBC NEWS, JUNE 13, 2003.
ROBERT MCNAMARA
MAO ZEDONG
"MAO: POWERFUL SYMBOL, ABANDONED IDEALS," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 10, 2001.
"CHINESE MEDIA SILENT ON MAO ANNIVERSARY," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 7, 2001.
"MAO'S LEGACY," BBC NEWS, NOVEMBER 9, 1999.
"CROWDS FLOCK TO MAO MAUSOLEUM," BBC NEWS, JANUARY 6, 1999.
BENITO MUSSOLINI
Sophie Arie, "Revival For Mussolini Rock Tribute," Guardian (February 2, 2004).
"Italy's Post-Fascists To Regroup," BBC News (January 9, 2004).
John Hooper, "Mussolini Quits Party After Leader Calls Fascism 'Evil,'" Guardian Unlimited (November 28, 2003).
"Mussolini Leaves Right Wing Party," BBC News (November 27, 2003).
"Il
Duce 'Sought Hitler Ban,'" BBC News (September 27, 2003).
"Jewish Communities Split Over Berlusconi," BBC News (September 26,
2003).
John Hooper, "Mussolini Wasn't That Bad, Says Berlusconi," Guardian Unlimited (September 12, 2003).
"New Storm Over Berlusconi 'Remarks,'" BBC News (September 11, 2003).
"Mussolini's 'March' On Rome 80 Years On," BBC News (October 29,
2002).
"Italians Struggle With Mussolini Legacy," BBC News (July 24, 2002).
"Mussolini's Museum Pieces," BBC News (March 13, 2002).
Rory Carroll, "Italy To Open Doors To Royals Exiled For Backing Mussolini," Guardian Unlimited (February 6, 2002).
Rory Carroll, "Italians Grow Nostalgic For the Days Of Mussolini," Guardian Unlimited (September 10, 2001).
NAPOLEON
"Napoleon's Wallpaper Sold At Auction," BBC News (October 16, 2003).
Stuart Jeffries, "Napoleonic Wars," Guardian Unlimited (October 16, 2003).
"British 'Cleared' Of Napoleon's Murder," BBC News (October 29, 2002).
"Napoleon 'May Have Been Poisoned,'" BBC News (June 1, 2001).
Jon Henley, "How Perfidious Albion May Have Poisoned Napoleon," Guardian Unlimited (May 5, 2000).
"Napoleon Mass Grave Found In Lithuania," BBC News (September 2, 2002).
"Napoleonic Soldiers Laid To Rest," BBC News (November 3, 1999).
"Napoleon Sets Site On Corsica," BBC News (June 22, 2000).
Vanessa Thorpe, "Napoleon Conquers Britain," Guardian Unlimited (August 26, 2001).
NEBUCHADNEZZAR
"U.S. FEARS OVER IRAQI HERITAGE SITE," BBC NEWS, JUNE 11, 2004.
POL POT
"CAMBODIA MARKS FALL OF POL POT," BBC NEWS, JANUARY 7, 2004.
"FUNERAL
HELD FOR POL POT'S WIFE," BBC NEWS, JULY 3, 2003.
"TOURISM PLANS FOR POL POT'S HOME," BBC NEWS, NOVEMBER 12, 2001.
"POL POT: LIFE OF A TYRANT," BBC NEWS, APRIL 14, 2000.
"CAMBODIA: IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH," BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 2, 1999.
"KILLING FIELDS LEADER 'KILLED HIMSELF,'" BBC NEWS, JANUARY 21, 1999.
"POL POT DEAD," BBC NEWS, APRIL 16, 1998.
COLIN POWELL
"POWELL REVISITS 'EXCITING' VIETNAM," BBC NEWS, JULY 26, 2001.
GAVRILO PRINCIP
"SARAJEVO TO REINSTALL ASSASSIN MEMORIAL," BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 8, 2003.
"SARAJEVO REINSTALLS MEMORIALS TO THE PAST," BBC NEWS, JUNE 29, 2001.
LOUIS RIEL
Will Ferguson, "Ghosts Of A Nation: The Louis Riel Rebellion Still Haunts Us Today," Maclean's (November 17, 2003).
Jeet Heer, "Leapin' Louis Riel," National Post (November 6, 2003).
Jack Anderson, "'Comix' Looks At Louis Riel," Regina Leader Post (November 5, 2003).
Matt Radz, "Comic-Strip Maverick Takes On Louis Riel," Montreal Gazette (October 25, 2003).
David Bly, "Montana Ranch Recalls Riel's Shattered Dream," Calgary Herald (August 29, 2003).
"Riel Letter Ignites Historic Debate," CBC Saskatchewan (June 25, 2003).
James Wood, "A Letter From Riel," Regina Leader Post (June 21, 2003).
Laura Neilson Bonikowsky, "Louis Riel, His Followers and the Rebellion That Ended With the Battle Of Batoche," Charlottetown Guardian (May 12, 2003).
"Diary May Document Riel's 'Lost Years,'" CBC News (March 10, 2003).
Carterett Noonan, "Honouring Louis Riel As A Hero Would Set A Bad Precedent," Regina Leader Post (December 16, 2002).
Andrew Coyne, "Virtual Rielity: The CBC's Rigged Re-Trial Of Louis Riel," Cornwall Standard-Freeholder (October 31, 2002).
Gerald Morin, "The Retelling Of Louis Riel's Story," National Post (October 28, 2002).
"Riel Legislation Gets New Life," Nanaimo Daily News (October 25, 2002).
Craig Wong, "Internet 'Jury' Says Louis Riel Was No Traitor -- 117 Years Too Late," Edmonton Journal (October 24, 2002).
"Riel Rebellion," National Post (October 24, 2002).
Justice Thomas Berger, "Megalomaniac Or Defender Of Rights?: The Retrial Of Louis Riel," National Post (October 23, 2002).
Bill Curry, "Metis Lash Out At 'White Men' For Freezing Them Out Of Riel Retrial," National Post (October 22, 2002).
Peter Goldring, "Don't Unhang Riel: A CBC Retrial Of the Metis Leader Sentenced To Death In 1885 For Treason Is the Latest Example Of Revisionism That Ignores the Blood On His Hands," Ottawa Citizen (October 22, 2002).
"Metis Leader Blasts Televised Louis Riel Trial As An 'Abomination,'" CBC News (October 22, 2002).
Alan Lenczner, "Riel Deserves To Be Executed," National Post (October 21, 2002).
Randy Boswell, "Hero Or Traitor?: Riel's Legacy Has Perplexed Canadians," Ottawa Citizen (August 24, 2002).
"Riel Death Hood Exhibited In Winnipeg," CBC Arts News (June 25, 2002).
"Saskatchewan Honours Louis Riel With Highway," CBC News (June 20, 2001).
"Return Of An Icon: A Historic Church Bell May Be Restored To Its Metis Roots," Maclean's (July 31, 2000).
"Canadians Click To Pick Their Heroes," CBC News (June 30, 1999).
Desmond Morton, "Fantasy vs. Riel-ity," Ottawa Citizen (May 17, 1999).
"Clear Riel, MPS Urge," CBC News (March 17, 1998).
"Metis Welcome New Recognition Of Louis Riel," CBC News (January 8, 1998).
"Riel To Be Honoured As Part Of Statement To Natives," CBC News (January 6, 1998).
SALADIN
SHAKA
STALIN
Scott Peterson,
"In Siberia's Hinterlands, Some Would Vote For Stalin," Christian
Science Monitor (December 4, 2003).
"Stalin's Ghost Looms Large," BBC News (July 12, 2003).
"Thousands Pay Respect To Stalin," BBC News (March 6, 2003).
"SHADES OF OPINION ON STALIN LEGACY," BBC NEWS, MARCH 5, 2003.
"RUSSIANS DIVIDED OVER STALIN," BBC NEWS, MARCH 4, 2003.
"The Mystery Of Stalin's Death," BBC News (February 24, 2003).
"Stalin Still Revered In Georgia," BBC News (October 21, 2002).
"Russian Satirist Sued Over 'Gay Stalin,'" BBC News (July 11, 2002).
Scott Peterson, "A Letter From Gori, Georgia: Candle-Lit Memories of Stalin," Christian Science Monitor (March 6, 2001).
SULEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT
TAMERLANE
"UZBEKISTAN RESTORES TIMURID LEGACY," BBC NEWS, OCTOBER 6, 2000.
VERCINGETORIX
DUKE OF WELLINGTON
"STATUE REPLACEMENT CALL 'DESPICABLE,'" BBC NEWS, JANUARY 31, 2003.
"BATTLE LINES DRAWN AT WATERLOO," BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 9, 2000.