The Stomach for Fighting

Food and the Soldiers of the Great War

Rachel Duffett, Bertrand Taithe, Penny Summerfield , Peter Gatrell

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Manchester University Press
02 November 2015

European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; First World War; Food & society; Military life & institutions

Series: Cultural History of Modern War

Food is critical to military performance, but it is also central to social interaction and fundamental to our sense of identity. The soldiers of the Great War did not 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. -- .

By: Rachel Duffett
Series edited by: Bertrand Taithe, Penny Summerfield, Peter Gatrell, Max Jones
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9780719099878
ISBN 10: 0719099870
Series: Cultural History of Modern War
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 02 November 2015
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rachel Duffett teaches History at the University of Essex and the Open University

Reviews for The Stomach for Fighting: Food and the Soldiers of the Great War

Beautifully written and utterly absorbing Family Tree Magazine, 01/11/2012 -- . Family Tree Magazine, 01/11/2012 Rachel Duffett has written a fine social history of British rank and file soldiers, or rankers, and their experiences of food during the Great War. Professor Kyri Claflin, Reviews in History, 18 October 2012 -- Professor Kyri Claflin,. Reviews in History ..provides a rich and valuable contribution to the cultural history of the Great War. -- May Rosenthal Sloan. War in History 2013: 20