The Noise of Drums and Trumpets: W. H. Russell Reports From the Crimea by Grey, Elizabeth - 1972

New York, New York, USA: Henry Z. Walk, Inc., 1972. BC5 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library stamps and pocket on the front and back endpapers plus the dust jacket endflaps are taped down to the boards. The dust jacket is in very good- condition showing very minor overall shelf wear plus some light chipping and creasing on the front right covers plus it is in the original library mylar sleeve with the usual library label on the spine. A book about W. H. Russell's reporting on the Crimean War for 'The Times' of London. He exposed to the readers back in the England to the appalling conditions the British army had to fight under. It was poorly equipped, provided with inadequate weapons and directed by inexperienced officers and its progress was marked by a series of disasters and bungling by those in command. This book includes extensive quotations from his dispatches. It examines how he influenced public opinion and revealed the horrors of war while at the same time creating a new concept of the journalist's role and responsibilities. Illustrated with photographs, prints and maps. Reading list, glossary, indexed, 255p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.