RE: [xmca] War and food

[Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu>]

Mike et al., those who find this article and book interesting might also be interested in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagues_and_Peoples
The emphasis is on the role of disease in human history in shaping societies, but food and disease often go hand in hand, with the help of animals. p

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Subject: [xmca] War and food

This book review from the Sunday NY Times provides a thought provoking re-thinking of the circumstances leading up to WWII that seems more than a little relevant to the world's current circumstances and the links between political economy and ideology.

mike
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