ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concept covered in the preceding chapter of this book. The book discusses the limitations that war places upon food supplies, whether through the disruption of food imports, the restriction of agricultural production or the diversion of revenue into war materiel, dictates a reassessment of priorities. It examines the need to pursue new food strategies not only in widening the types of foodstuffs consumed, but in their sourcing. The book illustrates the willingness of Eastern European Jewish families to share their kosher food with German soldiers. Cultural and religious bonds between strangers could be strengthened by war. The book considers the energies expended in the Netherlands on educating housewives in nutritional science and the possibilities of alternative recipes. It demonstrates the diversity of responses is evidence of the willingness of civilians and soldiers, and explores every possibility in the efforts to assuage the hunger that inevitably accompanies war.
