Of Little Comfort

Of Little ComfortDescription by Erika Kuhlman Paperback During 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

including a trusted member of the German secret service in Mexico who was also the top American spy

exhausted by the ruinous cost in blood and treasure of the First World War

by Mary V

Two million German soldiers hurl themselves at the Allied lines

many published by Pen and Sword

including French sources that have never been translated

Theo Emery brilliantly shows how World War I quickly spiraled into a chemists' war

It is one of the remarkable successes of the war that they rarely went hungry

both famous and lesser-known authors

a love story

by Margaret MacMillan

describing in suspenseful detail the dramatic efforts to discover the truth