Food and War in Twentieth Century Europe

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Contents: Preface, Alain Drouard Introduction, Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska Part I Soldiers and Their Food: Food provisioning in the German army of the First World War, Peter Lummel British army provisioning on the Western Front, 1914a 1918, Rachel Duffett Fighting a Kosher war: German Jews and Kashrut in the First World War, Steven Schouten. Part II Home Front: the Citizens Adapt: Food provisioning on the German home front, 1914a 1918, Hans-JA rgen Teuteberg Bread from wood: natural food substitutes in the Czech lands during the First World War, Martin Franc Hunger and misery: the influence of the First World War on the diet of Slovenian civilians, Maja Godina Golija The Spanish Civil War and its aftermath: eating strategies and social change, Alicia Guidonet Riera Alimentary and pellagra psychoses in besieged Leningrad, Pavel Vasilyev. Part III Home Front: the State Intervenes: Fair shares? The limits of food policy in Britain during the Second World War, Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska Communal feeding in wartime: British restaurants, 1940a 1947, Peter J. Atkins Rationing and politics: the French Academy of Medicine and food shortages during the German occupation and the Vichy regime, Isabelle von Bueltzingsloewen RA(c)alitA(c)s cruelles: state controls and the black market for food in occupied France, Kenneth MourA(c) Nutrition education in times of food shortages and hunger: war and occupation in the Netherlands, 1939a 1945, Adel P. den Hartog. Part IV War, Modernization and Innovation: Mikkel Hindhede and the science and rhetoric of food rationing in Denmark, 1917a 1918, Svend Skafte Overgaard The modernization of the Icelandic diet and the impact of war, 1914a 1945, Gudmundur JA^3nsson and A-rn D. JA^3nsson Horsemeat in France: a food item that appeared during the War of 1870 and disappeared after the Second World War, Alain Drouard The innovative power of war: the army, food sciences and the food industry in Germany in the 20th century, Ulrike Thoms Conclusion, Rachel Duffett Index.