Examines the interconnected events including World War II, India's struggle for independence, and a period of acute scarcity that lead to mass starvation in col

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Food was a critical front in the Cold War battle for Asia. “Where Communism goes, hunger follows” was the slogan of American nation builders who fanned out

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