Journalism and the Russo-Japanese War - The End of the Golden Age of Combat Correspondence

This book examines Japan's victory over Russia in 1904-05 and how it overhauled press-military relations, ending sixty years of battlefield freedom for correspondents. The authors argue that Japan controlled access and allowed only a narrowly constrained view of the war to circulate, thus creating the template for all modern wars.

List of contents

A Note about Names
Introduction
Chapter One: Japan Meets the Press
Chapter Two: Lionel James and Stanley Washburn
Chapter Three: Jack London
Chapter Four: John Fox Jr
Chapter Five: Richard Harding Davis
Chapter Six: Luigi Barzini
Chapter Seven: Photographers and Illustrators
Chapter Eight: Hector Fuller
Chapter Nine: With the Russians
Chapter Ten: Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

By Michael S. Sweeney and Natascha Toft Roelsgaard

Summary

This book examines Japan's victory over Russia in 1904-05 and how it overhauled press-military relations, ending sixty years of battlefield freedom for correspondents. The authors argue that Japan controlled access and allowed only a narrowly constrained view of the war to circulate, thus creating the template for all modern wars.

Product details

• Authors: Natascha Toft Roelsgaard, Michael S. Sweeney, Michael S. Roelsgaard Sweeney
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781793617903
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-790-3
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, combat, facts, golden age, history, japan, journalism, news, Russo-Japanese War, truth, war of 1904, World War Zero