With support from the University of Richmond

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present. Explore our archive of thousands of original op-eds and curated stories from around the web. Join us to learn more about the past, now.

Todd Tucker's 'Great Starvation Experiment' [51min]

Historian Todd Tucker describes a pioneering and controversial study during World War II to better understand how to rehabilitate the starving people of war-torn countries. Tucker is author of The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved So That Millions Could Live (Free Press) as well as Notre Dame Game Day and Notre Dame vs. The Klan.
Read entire article at "Diane Rehm Show"