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Battlefield rations : the food given to the British soldier for marching and fighting 1900-2011 / Anthony Clayton

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Clayton, Anthony, 1928-
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Havertown : Helion & Company, 2013.
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1 online resource (119 pages)
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Contents
List of Illustrations; Foreword; Introduction; The Boer War: 1899-1902; The First World War: The Western Front 1914-1918; The First World War: Other Theatres 1914-1918; The Inter-War Years: 1919-1939; The Second World War: 1942-1945; The Second World War: 1939-1942; The Post-War Years 1945-1965; The Post-War Years: 1968-2010; Conclusion; Appendix; Sources & Select Bibliography; Index.
Summary
An Army marches on its stomach, observed Napoleon, a hundred and fifty years later General Rommel remarked that the British should always be attacked before soldiers had had an early morning cup of tea. This book, written to raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund and with a Foreword by General Lord Dannatt, sets out the human story of the food and ""brew-ups"" of the front-line soldier from the Boer War to Helmand. Throughout, the importance of the provision of food, or even a simple mug of tea, for morale and unit fellowship as well as for the need of the calories required for battle is hig.
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9781910294284 (electronic bk.)
1910294284 (electronic bk.)
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