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

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

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

Examines the interconnected events including World War II, India's struggle for independence, and a period of acute scarcity that lead to mass starvation in col