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CANCELLED - 'The Stomach for Fighting: Food and the Soldiers of The Great War' with Rachel Duffett

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From the cover of Rachel Duffett's book, "The Stomach for Fighting: Food and the Soldiers of the Great War": 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 rati…


The Stomach for Fighting: Food and the Soldiers of the Great War with Rachel Duffett

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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 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 o…