ABSTRACT
Wars cannot be fought and sustained without food and this unique collection explores the impact of war on food production, allocation and consumption in Europe in the twentieth century. A comparative perspective which incorporates belligerent, occupied and neutral countries provides new insights into the relationship between food and war. The analysis ranges from military provisioning and systems of food rationing to civilians' survival strategies and the role of war in stimulating innovation and modernization.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|45 pages
Soldiers and their Food
part II|65 pages
Home Front: The Citizens Adapt
chapter Chapter 6|11 pages
Bread from Wood: Natural Food Substitutes in the Czech Lands during the First World War
chapter Chapter 7|13 pages
Hunger and Misery: The Influence of the First World War on the Diet of Slovenian Civilians
chapter Chapter 8|12 pages
The Spanish Civil War and its Aftermath: Eating Strategies and Social Change 1
part III|76 pages
Home Front: The State Intervenes
chapter Chapter 10|14 pages
Fair Shares? The Limits of Food Policy in Britain during the Second World War
chapter Chapter 13|14 pages
Réalités cruelles: State Controls and the Black Market for Food in Occupied France
chapter Chapter 14|16 pages
Nutrition Education in Times of Food Shortages and Hunger: War and Occupation in the Netherlands, 1939–1945
part IV|71 pages
War, Modernization and Innovation