ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses travel writing's potential to contribute to the writing of modern war - outside the restrictions of journalism and history - through its unique narrative attributes such as subjectivism and immersion. It illuminates three case studies of popular travel writing such as: Ryszard Kapuscinski, Christopher Kremmer and Paul Theroux, that highlights how the form can reorient the writing of war to include less conventional contributions. Thompson notes that travel writing has acquired a renewed sense of relevance and prestige, as an important genre that can provide important insights into the changing encounters that are taking place between cultures in the modern world. Poets, journalists and literary writers all produced works of travel writing as a response to war. Focusing on more recent travel writing allows an analysis of the legacy of Fussell's work and travel writing's ability to commemorate more recent conflicts while also extending the reach of popular history and journalism.
