War Report The War Correspondent's View of Battle from the Crimea to the Falklands

War Report The War Correspondent's View of Battle from the Crimea to the Falklands

Trevor Royle 1987 

This is a study of the war correspondent's view of war tracing the story from Russell's pioneering work for "The Times" in the Crimea to the assorted press, radio and television journalists who accompanied the British Task Force to the Falklands in 1982.

The book focuses in particular on the lives and careers of six of the greatest war correspondents of all time - G.W.Steevens, Edgar Wallace, Charles A. Court Repington, Claud Cockburn, Chester Wilmot and James Cameron.

About the Author

Trevor Royle is a respected historian of war and empire. His other books include the ground-breaking Crimea: The Great Crimean War 1854-1856, the bestselling The Best Years of our Lives and a series of books covering each of the Scottish military regiments.