{"product_id":"the-stomach-for-fighting-food-and-the-soldiers-of-the-great-war-cultural-history-of-modern-war-9780719084584","title":"The Stomach for Fighting Food and the Soldiers of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFood 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written and utterly absorbing\u003cbr\u003eFamily Tree Magazine, 01\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel Duffett has written a fine social history of British rank and file soldiers, or rankers, and their experiences of food during the Great War. \u003cbr\u003eProfessor Kyri Claflin, Reviews in History, 18 October 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e..provides a rich and valuable contribution to the cultural history of the Great War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Duffett’s observations on the emotional power inherent in food and feeding practices are striking. \u003ci\u003eThe Stomach for Fighting\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich addition to studies of food and war, and will be useful to food studies scholars and those interested in the social and cultural history of the Great War.’\u003cbr\u003eKaete O’Connell, Temple University, H-War, December 2017\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Food and war\u003cbr\u003e2. Before the war\u003cbr\u003e3. First taste: eating in the home camps\u003cbr\u003e4. Feeding the men: army provisioning, the cooks and the ASC\u003cbr\u003e5. Eating: the men and their rations\u003cbr\u003e6. Beyond the ration: scrounging, supplementing and sharing\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884281868631,"sku":"9780719084584","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-stomach-for-fighting-food-and-the-soldiers-of-the-great-war-cultural-history-of-modern-war-9780719084584","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}