Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for Food (121 page)

86
Hicks,
“Who Called the Cook a Bastard?”
, pp. 31–3.

87
Ibid., pp. 44–5.

88
Ibid., pp. 38–9.

89
Ibid., p. 73.

90
Beaumont, ‘Australia’s war: Europe and the Middle East’, pp. 17–18; Jackson,
The British Empire
, p. 2.

91
The papers of G. R. Page, Department of Documents, IWM, p. 30.

92
Crimp,
The Diary of a Desert Rat
, pp. 20–21.

93
Bierman and Smith,
Alamein
, p. 151.

94
Crimp,
The Diary of a Desert Rat
, pp. 38–9.

95
Bierman and Smith,
Alamein
, pp. 151–2.

96
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, p. 93.

97
Jackson,
Botswana
, p. 76.

98
The papers of G. R. Page, Department of Documents, IWM, p. 30.

99
Lloyd,
Food and Inflation
, pp. 273–7; Bayly, ‘Spunyarns’, p. 33.

100
Jackson,
The British Empire
, p. 105.

101
Collier, ‘The logistics of the North African campaign’, pp. 202–3.

102
The papers of G. R. Page, Department of Documents, IWM, p. 47.

103
Ibid.

104
Walker,
The Clinical Problems of War
, p. 321; Bullard, ‘“The great enemy”’, pp. 219–20.

105
Brune,
Those Ragged Bloody Heroes
, p. 45.

106
Walker, ‘The writers’ war’, pp. 149–50.

107
Brune,
Those Ragged Bloody Heroes
, p. 101; Dornan,
The Silent Men
, p. 146.

108
Richmond,
The Japanese Forces in New Guinea
, p. 369.

109
Brune,
Those Ragged Bloody Heroes
, p. 93.

110
Ibid., p. 89.

111
Walker,
The Clinical Problems of War
, p. 321.

112
Beaumont, ‘Australia’s war: Asia and the Pacific’, p. 40.

113
Ibid.; Drea,
In the Service of the Emperor
, p. 70.

114
Walker,
The Island Campaigns
, p. 229.

115
Ibid., p. 227.

116
The Australian Army at War
, p. 70.

117
‘Appendix. Sources of Vitamin C etc.’, Box 23, Folder 203, Sir Cedric Stanton Hicks Papers, NLA, MS 5623.

118
Ibid.

119
Walker,
The Island Campaigns
, p. 272.

120
Ibid., p. 270.

121
Ibid., p. 227.

122
Health and stamina of the troops. Appendix A. Explanatory Note on Blue Peas and Wheat. JAS. H. Cannan, Quartermaster General, 30 January 1943, AWM 54 351/6/2.

123
Laurence and Tiddy,
From Bully Beef
, p. 35.

124
Ibid., pp. 45–6.

125
Ibid., pp. 35–6.

126
Walker,
The Island Campaigns
, pp. 227–8.

127
Ibid., p. 270.

128
‘Historical summary of the activities of Sir C. Stanton Hicks from the outbreak of war – showing the influence of applied science on army feeding’, Box 23, Folder 203, Sir Cedric Stanton Hicks Papers, NLA, MS5623.

129
Johnston,
The Australian Army
, p. 58.

130
Laurence and Tiddy,
From Bully Beef
, p. 40.

131
Ibid., p. 41.

132
Walker,
The Island Campaigns
, p. 269.

133
Ibid., p. 228.

134
Ibid., p. 227.

135
Ibid., p. 273.

136
Ibid., p. 270.

137
Australian Defence Force: Good food to stay fighting fit.
http://www.dsto.defence.gov.au/research/5170/
.

138
Walker,
The Clinical Problems of War
, p. 321.

139
Jackson,
Botswana
, p. 63.

140
Ibid.

141
Moharir,
History of the Army Service Corps
, p. 42; War Office,
Record of
Ration Scales
, p. 58.

142
Barkawi,
Globalization and War
, p. 85.

143
MacNalty and Mellor,
Medical Services in War
, p. 745.

144
Kamtekar, ‘A different war dance’, pp. 190–91.

145
Bayly and Harper,
Forgotten Armies
, pp. 368, 425.

146
Moharir,
History of the Army Service Corps
, p. 45.

147
MacNalty and Mellor,
Medical Services in War
, p. 81.

148
Moharir,
History of the Army Service Corps
, p. 44.

149
Ibid., pp. 42–4; War Office,
Record of
Ration Scales
, p. 62.

150
Crew,
The Royal Army Service Corps
, p. 186.

151
Australian Defence Force: Good food to stay fighting fit.
http://www.dsto.defence.gov.au/research/5170/
.

152
Pollan,
In Defence of Food
, p. 8.

17. The United States – Out of Depression and into Abundance

1
Terkel,
‘The Good War’
, p. 112.

2
Lamont, ‘Oral histories of World War II labour corps’, p. 403.

3
26 April–12 May 1945, the papers of E. Barrington, Department of Documents, IWM, 88/58/1 (P).

4
Ibid.

5
Ibid.

6
Bernstein,
A Caring Society
, p. 46.

7
Poppendieck,
Breadlines Knee-Deep in Wheat
, pp. 19–20.

8
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, pp. 58–9.

9
Levine,
School Lunch Politics
, p. 56.

10
Wynn, ‘The “good war”’, p. 469.

11
Jeffries,
Wartime America
, pp. 63–4.

12
Gluck,
Rosie the Riveter Revisited
, p. 189.

13
Terkel,
‘The Good War’
, p. 112.

14
Ibid., pp. 316–17.

15
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, p. 87.

16
Jacobs, ‘“How about some meat?”’, pp. 931–2.

17
Cohen,
A Consumer’s Republic
, p. 70.

18
Campbell,
Women at War
, p. 183.

19
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, p. 85.

20
Campbell,
Women at War
, p. 181.

21
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, p. 88.

22
Terkel,
‘The Good War’
, p. 316.

23
Reynolds,
Rich Relations
, p. 50.

24
Bentley,
Eating for Victory
, p. 62.

25
Overy,
Why the Allies Won
, p. 192.

26
Ibid., p. 198.

27
Ibid., p. 192.

28
Ibid., p. 191.

29
Ibid., p. 192.

30
Bentley,
Eating for Victory
, pp. 63–4.

31
Ibid., p. 22.

32
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, p. 65.

33
Ibid., p. 66.

34
Levine,
School Lunch Politics
, p. 64.

35
Ibid., pp. 64–5.

36
Campbell,
Women at War
, pp. 183–4.

37
Leff, ‘The politics of sacrifice’, p. 1310.

38
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, p. 76.

39
Goodhart and Pett, ‘The wartime nutrition programs’, pp. 163–4.

40
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, p. 77.

41
French,
Waging War
, p. 135.

42
Ibid.

43
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, pp. 77–8.

44
Kersten,
Labor’s Home Front
, p. 177.

45
Ibid., p. 175.

46
Ibid., pp. 179–80.

47
Prendergast,
For God, Country and Coca-Cola
, p. 196.

48
Proctor,
The Nazi War on Cancer
, p. 156.

49
Terkel,
‘The Good War’
, p. 110.

50
Bentley,
Eating for Victory
, pp. 9–10.

51
Brandt,
Harlem at War
, p. 217.

52
Ibid., p. 73.

53
Ibid., p. 218.

54
Ibid., p. 93.

55
Kryder,
Divided Arsenal
, pp. 2–3.

56
Brandt,
Harlem at War
, p. 138.

57
Cohen,
A Consumer’s Republic
, pp. 85–7.

58
Capeci,
The Harlem Riot
, pp. 64–5.

59
Brandt,
Harlem at War
, pp. 158–9.

60
Levine,
School Lunch Politics
, pp. 55–6.

61
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, pp. 54, 62; Poppendieck,
Breadlines Knee-Deep in Wheat
, p. 241.

62
Bengelsdorf,
Die Landwirtschaft der Vereinigten Staaten
, pp. 123–4.

63
Poppendieck,
Breadlines Knee-Deep in Wheat
, p. 242.

64
Bengelsdorf,
Die Landwirtschaft der Vereinigten Staaten
, pp. 207–8.

65
Wilcox,
The Farmer
, p. 318.

66
Levine,
School Lunch Politics
, p. 51.

67
Ibid., p. 53.

68
Ibid., p. 58.

69
Ibid., pp. 68–9.

70
Ibid., p. 60.

71
Terkel,
‘The Good War’
, p. 112.

72
Cohen,
A Consumer’s Republic
, p. 71.

73
Terkel,
‘The Good War’
, p. 487.

74
McDermott,
Women Recall the War Years
, pp. 206–7.

75
Duis, ‘No time for privacy’, p. 39.

76
Cohen,
A Consumer’s Republic
, p. 73.

77
Bentley,
Eating for Victory
, p. 61.

78
Goodwin,
No Ordinary Time
, p. 384.

79
Garfield,
Private Battles
, p. 312.

80
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, p. 82.

81
Bentley,
Eating for Victory
, pp. 103, 109.

82
Wilcox,
The Farmer
, p. 200.

83
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, p. 82.

84
Bentley,
Eating for Victory
, p. 61.

85
Ibid., p. 10.

86
Ibid., p. 93.

87
Ibid., p. 35.

88
Campbell,
Women at War
, p. 181.

89
Matusow,
Farm Policies
, p. 49.

90
Levenstein,
Paradox of Plenty
, pp. 81–2; Bentley,
Eating for Victory
,pp. 36–7.

91
Fenby,
Alliance
, p. 21.

92
Goodwin,
No Ordinary Time
, p. 384.

93
Duis, ‘No time for privacy’, pp. 33–4.

94
Gluck,
Rosie the Riveter Revisited
, p. 189.

95
Westbrook, ‘Fighting for the American family’, p. 203.