The stomach for fighting : food and soldiers of the Great War

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    • Duffett, Rachel

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The stomach for fighting : food and soldiers of the Great War

Rachel Duffett

(Cultural history of modern war)

Manchester University Press, 2012

  • : hardback

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Including bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Food is critical to military performance, but it's also central to social interaction and fundamental to our sense of identity. The soldiers of the Great War didn't shed their eating preferences with their civilian clothes and the army rations, heavily reliant on bully beef and hardtack biscuit, were frequently found wanting. Nutritional science of the day had only a limited understanding of the role of vitamins and minerals, and the men were often presented with a diet that, shortages and logistics permitting, was high in calories but low in flavour and variety. Just as now, soldiers on active service were linked with home through the lovingly packed food parcels they received; a taste of home in the trenches. This book uses the personal accounts of the men themselves to explore a subject that was central not only to their physical health, but also to their emotional survival. -- .

目次

1. Food and war 2. Before the war 3. First taste: eating in the home camps 4. Feeding the men: army provisioning, the cooks and the ASC 5. Eating: the men and their rations 6. Beyond the ration: scrounging, supplementing and sharing Conclusion Bibliography Index -- .

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB10953763
  • ISBN
    • 9780719084584
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Manchester
  • ページ数/冊数
    xv, 269 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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