The Bread of Affliction

The Bread of Affliction
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 0521522838
ISBN-13 : 9780521522830
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Book Synopsis The Bread of Affliction by : William Moskoff

Download or read book The Bread of Affliction written by William Moskoff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells how the Soviet Union fed itself after the invasion by the Germans during World War II. The author argues that central planning became much less important in feeding the population, and civilians were thereby forced to become considerably more self reliant in feeding themselves. A rationing system was instituted soon after the war began, but quickly became irrelevant because of the chronic food shortages. The breakdown in central supplies of food was accompanied by the diminished importance of the ruble, which in many places was replaced by bread and clothing as the medium of exchange. Although the Soviet army was given high precedence over civilians, the author also shows that the population living under German occupation was much worse off than were Soviet civilians living in the rear. In addition to extensive use of American and German archives from the war period, the author interviewed more than thirty Soviet emigrés who survived the war.


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