The stomach for fighting
Food and the soldiers of the Great War
Rachel Duffett, series edited by Bertrand Taithe, Penny Summerfield, Peter Gatrell, Max Jones, Ana Carden-Coyne
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Food is fundamental to soldiers' morale and performance and yet to date it has received little attention from historians, who have reiterated army statistics without an investigation of their veracity. . Extensively researched with a wide range of sources so that theoretical concepts are illuminated with the men's own accounts of lived experience. -- .
Contributor Bio
Rachel Duffett teaches History at the University of Essex and UCS, Ipswich.