Table 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.

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

Reviews

"This is the best book on the subject yet to appear in any language, and it is a delight to have it in print." W. Bruce Lincoln, Annals of the American Academy "...a very readable and interesting account of Soviet efforts to feed the Red Army and civilian population during the Second World War...Moskoff has written an important book, one that helps fill a glaring gap in the historical literature. He has utilized a wide array of sources, including interviews of Soviet emigres, in an effort to provide an informative account of this grim chapter of Soviet history." Thomas J. Greene, Canadian Slavonic Papers "William Moskoff has produced a very informative, logically organized, and carefully written account of a topic that is important...The Bread of Affiction is a major contribution to our understanding of the social and economic crises confronting the USSR during the war with Germany." Richard Bidlack, The Russian Review