War correspondents and colonial war, c. 1870–1900
Journal: Manchester University Press eBooks
Year: 2017

The Victorian era was one of hero worship and myth-making, and war correspondents contributed much to the making of popular military heroes. Correspondents and artists justified colonial wars largely by the benefits to the native people and the contrast between pre-British and British rule. The first important British war correspondent was William Howard Russell of The Times, in the Crimea. Russell set the pattern for British war correspondents. By 1900 an era was ending which had begun with Rus