The Bread of Affliction
Subtitle: The Food Supply in the USSR during World War II (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 8, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780521522830
Subjects: European history: Second World War; Social history; Second World War, 1939-1945; History - General History; History; History: World; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; General; Food supply--Soviet Union--History--20th cent; Food supply--Soviet Union--History--20th century; History / Europe / General; History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union); Social Science-General
First sentence: The understanding shortage of food that the Soviet people would face after the catastropic German invasion of June 1941, was directly linked to the prewar situation.