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This is an amazing book about Prohibition, a unique period in American history. From 1920 when the 18th Amendment went into effect until 1933 when it was repealed, the United States was awash in illegal alcohol and legal alcohol that found its way through loopholes in the Volstead Act--the enabling legislation of the amendment. There is an examination of the forces that led to the adoption of the 18th Amendment--a political alliance between such divergent forces as the growing anti-German sentim
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Great history of prohibition, focusing on the individuals who made it happen, and then those who lead the repeal. Got a little bogged down in the first section, but after that was smooth sailing.
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