Publisher's Synopsis
War reporting has made a massive impression on the public not only in how wars are fought but why they are fought. The ability of the public to "see" what is happening at the front changed the public's attitude to war in very many respects and even where a war may be "popular" the involvement of the press led to criticisms that have changed war almost in equal measure to the changes brought about by weapons technology. The book will be a compilation of historical and contemporary stories of the war correspondent and battlefield photographer from the earliest days of modern war reporting to the present. It will seek to determine the changes in style, method and practice of the work of the war correspondent and examine the changes in attitudes to, and how the public view war from the high point of imperialism to the present day jihad. This book will be of interest to journalists, academics, students and in general history. By mixing histo
