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

This ambitious and engaging new account of independent India's struggle to overcome famine and malnutrition in the twentieth century traces Indian nation-buildi

The revised edition of this text includes substantial new material on hunger in the aftermath of the Cold War; global food productioin versus population growth;

Earlier this year, President Obama declared one of his top priorities to be “making sure that people are able to get enough to eat.” The United States spend

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