Of Little ComfortDuring and especially after World War I, the millions of black clad widows on the streets of Europes cities were a constant reminder that war caused carnage on a vast scale. But widows were far more than just a reminder of the wars fallen soldiers; they were literal and figurative actresses in how nations crafted their identities in the interwar era. In this extremely original study, Erika Kuhlman compares the ways in which German and American widows