Some hailed Prohibition as the end of the nation's greatest curse others derided it as a priggish policy that couldn't be enforced. With additional federal and state legislation, beer, wine and liquor basically became illegal. When the nation ratified the 18th Amendment to the Constitution in 1919, it prohibited the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol. The book examines one of America's most mind-boggling social experiments. Daniel Okrent's sobering account of how America banned alcohol in the early 20th century, then struggled to live with the law for nearly 14 years before repealing it, is a top-shelf history that explores the Prohibition era's vivid personalities, complicated politics and unforeseen outcomes.
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