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13 - Sacrifice

from Part II - Saviors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2023

Zachary Shore
Affiliation:
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
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As Hoover toured the devastated lands of Europe and Asia, Truman described the steps that America was taking to address the crisis, sending one million tons of wheat each month to Europe and Asia. It was drawing down its reserves of wheat still further. He urged every American to reduce their own consumption of food, particularly bread, fats, and oils, as these were essential to the effort. He asserted that we would all be better off, not just physically, but spiritually as well, if we ate less. And in a show of solidarity with the suffering peoples around the world, he asked Americans for just two days a week to reduce their consumption to the level of the average person in the famine-stricken lands. Chapter 13 recounts America’s initial measures to sacrifice on behalf of strangers overseas.

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This Is Not Who We Are
America’s Struggle Between Vengeance and Virtue
, pp. 184 - 201
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Sacrifice
  • Zachary Shore, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
  • Book: This Is Not Who We Are
  • Online publication: 19 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009203418.015
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  • Sacrifice
  • Zachary Shore, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
  • Book: This Is Not Who We Are
  • Online publication: 19 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009203418.015
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  • Sacrifice
  • Zachary Shore, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
  • Book: This Is Not Who We Are
  • Online publication: 19 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009203418.015
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