GEORGE ABEL SCHREINER

THE IRON RATION Photograph from Henry Ruschin AUSTRIAN SOLDIER

GEORGE ABEL SCHREINER (2)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

THE IRON RATION

THE IRON RATION I WAR HITS THE LARDER OF GERMANY

II WHEN LORD MARS HAD RULED THREE MONTHS

III THE MIGHTY WAR PURVEYOR

IV FAMINE COMES TO STAY

V THE FOOD SHARK AND HIS WAYS

VI THE HOARDERS

VII IN THE HUMAN SHAMBLES

VIII PATRIOTISM AND A CRAVING STOMACH

IX SUB-SUBSTITUTING THE SUBSTITUTE

X THE CRUMBS

XI MOBILIZING THE PENNIES

XII SHORTAGE SUPREME

XIII "GIVE US BREAD!"

XIV SUBSISTING AT THE PUBLIC CRIB

XV THE WEAR AND TEAR OF WAR

XVI THE ARMY TILLS

XVII WOMAN AND LABOR IN WAR

XVIII WAR AND MASS PSYCHOLOGY

XIX SEX MORALITY AND WAR

XX WAR LOANS AND ECONOMY

XXI THE AFTERMATH

Title: The Iron Ration

Three Years in Warring Central Europe

Author: George Abel Schreiner

Language: English

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