The Bread of Affliction - The Food Supply in the USSR During World War II

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

List of contents

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.

Summary

This book tells how the Soviet Union fed itself after the invasion by the Germans in 1941. As well as making extensive use of American and German archives from the war period, the author interviewed more than thirty Soviet émigrés who survived the war.

Product details

• Authors: William Moskoff
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.09.2014
• EAN: 9780521374996
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37499-6
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 600 g
• Series: Soviet and East European Studi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous