William Moskoff, Moskoff William

The Bread of Affliction

The Food Supply in the USSR During World War II

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book tells how the Soviet Union fed itself after the invasion in 1941.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780521522830
• ISBN-10: 0521522838
• Artikelnr.: 21409838

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgement
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. On the eve of the War
2. The desperate months of 1941: invasion and evacuation
3. The German Occupation
4. Producing food for the Unoccupied USSR: the factors of production
5. Local food sources
6. The first priority: feeding the armed forces
7. Feeding the cities and towns: civilian rationing
8. White and Black Markets: the safety valve for civilian food supply
9. Crime and privilege
10. Death's dominion: the Siege of Leningrad
11. The newly liberated areas: restoring the food supply
12. The wages of hunger: direct and indirect consequences of wartime food shortages
Conclusion
Bibliography.