ironically, one driven by a lack of food.讽刺的是，这场战争是因食物缺乏引起的

lack of:缺乏

The flowers are wilting for lack of water.

这些花因缺水而渐渐枯萎。

Her decision seems to show a lack of political judgment.

她的决定似乎显示出缺乏政治判断力。

Disease and death, famine and plague were the natural order of things.疾病与死亡，饥荒和瘟疫都是自然规律使然

natural order of things:自然的安排

Extinction is the natural order of things.

事物的灭亡是必然的。

but peace hasn't brought back the plenty.但和平没有带来物质上的充裕

bring back:带回来，使恢复

The defeated classes wanted to bring back their lost paradise.

失败的阶级想要恢复它们失去的天堂。

Europe people were still suffering from diseases of malnutrition欧洲仍然有人饱受营养不良导致的疾病

suffer from:遭受； 因 ... 而蒙受损害

Alcoholics often suffer from periods of oblivion.

饮酒过度的人常常失去记忆。

I often suffer from unaccountable headaches.

我常莫名其妙地头疼。