Taste of WarBy: Lizzie Collingham A New York Times Notable Book of 2012 Food, and in particular the lack of it, was central to the experience of World War II. In this richly detailed and engaging history, Lizzie Collingham establishes how control of food and its production is crucial to total war. How were the imperial ambitions of Germany and Japan ambitions which sowed the seeds of war informed by a desire for self sufficiency in food production? How was the