Journalism and the Russo-Japanese War : The End of the Golden Age of Combat Correspondence, Paperback by Sweeney, Michael S.; Roelsgaard, Natascha Toft, ISBN 1793617929, ISBN-13 9781793617927, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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.