The Stomach for Fighting by Rachel Duffett
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. -- .Beautifully written and utterly absorbing
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
..provides a rich and valuable contribution to the cultural history of the Great War.
‘Duffett’s observations on the emotional power inherent in food and feeding practices are striking. The Stomach for Fighting 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.’
Kaete O’Connell, Temple University, H-War, December 2017
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780719084584 |
| ISBN 10 | 071908458X |
| Title | The Stomach for Fighting |
| Author | Rachel Duffett |
| Series | Cultural History Of Modern War |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Year published | 2011-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |