Search Results for: The Hunger War

In the First World War the supply of food to civilians became as significant a factor in final victory as success or defeat on the battlefields. Never before ha

Food was a critical front in the Cold War battle for Asia. “Where Communism goes, hunger follows” was the slogan of American nation builders who fanned out

A fascinating study of the role that food—and the lack of it—played in the First World War, for both troops and civilians. In the First World War, the suppl

A pioneering study on the causes and consequences of the Dutch famine of 1944-1945.

During and after World War One, Britain's blockade of Germany prevented foodstuffs from being exported to Germany, leading to outcries from German civic leaders