{"product_id":"the-bread-of-affliction-william-moskoff-9780521522830","title":"The Bread of Affliction: The Food Supply in the USSR During World War II","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Moskoff,Moskoff William\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521522838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521522830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.12w x 0.65d","brand":"William Moskoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443507245311,"sku":"9780521522830","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_acd0c766-8592-45de-8218-136b30f3fe44.jpg?v=1777205949","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bread-of-affliction-william-moskoff-9780521522830","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}