Ian Thomson

A war of nutrition

The long summer that led up to the last days of peace in Europe in 1939 — the vigil of the Nazi assault on Poland on 1 September and the ensuing Phoney War — gave little hint of the storm to come.

issue 05 February 2011

  • The Taste of War

    Lizzie Collingham

    Allen Lane, pp. 634

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