European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The experience changed the way people referred to the glamour of battle; they treated it no longer as a positive quality but as a dangerous illusion.

The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2013) - ISBN: 9781416561118