The Taste of War · World War Two and the Battle for Food

The Taste of War · World War Two and the Battle for Food
Authors
Collingham, Lizzie
Publisher
Allen Lane
Tags
history
ISBN
9780713999648
Date
2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
1.86 MB
Lang
en
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Shows how control of food and its production is crucial to total war. Tracing the interaction between food and strategy, on both the military and home fronts, this title demonstrates how the issue of access to food was a driving force within Nazi policy and contributed to the decision to murder hundreds of thousands of 'useless eaters' in Europe.