"More than 480 images illustrate the relationship between photography and war, showing the experience of armed conflict through the eyes of photographers across two centuries and six continents"-- Provided by publisher.

"This catalogue was published to coincide with the exhibition WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 11, 2012-February 3, 2013"--Title page verso.

War photographers : a special breed? / by Hilary Roberts -- Seeing eye to eye : the changing ways and means by which photographers' images have reached the public eye / by Natalie Zelt -- Media coverage and dissemination -- The advent of war -- Recruitment and embarkation -- Training -- The "terrible reality" of the first living-room wars / by John Stauffer -- Daily routine -- Reconnaissance, resistance, and sabotage -- Patrol and troop movement -- The wait -- German snapshots from World War I : personal pictures, political implications / by Bodo Von Dewitz -- The fight -- Rescue -- Aftermath : Shell shock, exhaustion ; Death ; Grief and battlefield burials and memorials ; Destruction of property -- Executions -- Iwo Jima -- Perspectives on images of armed conflict : an interview with Hilary Roberts and Jeffrey Wm. Hunt -- Leisure time -- Support -- Prisoners of war and interrogations -- Medicine : Wartime medicine ; edicine subsequent to war -- Faith -- Portraits of war : a photographer's perspective / by Will Michels -- Portraits -- Photographic essays -- Civilians : Civilian daily life ; Civilian dead and wounded ; Civilian grief -- Refugees -- Children -- Soldier photography : visualizing the war in Iraq / by Liam Kennedy -- War's end : Victory and defeat ; Retribution ; Homecoming ; Memorials ; Remembrance.