Judge — October 1, 1927 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is an anti-war editorial cartoon showing a wrecked ship beached on rocky shore beneath a stormy sky. The title "What Price Glory?" sarcastically questions whether military glory is worth its cost in destruction and loss. The cartoon likely responds to WWI combat narratives or military propaganda celebrating heroic sacrifice. By depicting only devastation—a shattered vessel, barren landscape, dark clouds—the artist argues that "glory" in war produces ruin, not honor. The phrase "What Price Glory?" was a common anti-war rhetorical device of the early 20th century, used to challenge nationalist fervor by emphasizing war's actual human and material costs rather than its romantic mythology.