McGirr — Historical policy comparisons require mechanisms and differences — PDF 228–232

McGirr connects punitive approaches, selective enforcement, personnel, and institutional infrastructure across the two campaigns. She also distinguishes alcohol’s wider cross-class use, other drugs’ medicinal and commercial interests, international dimensions, and later enforcement capacity.

Lisa McGirr, The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State (W. W. Norton, supplied edition copyright 2016), Chapter 8, Repeal, physical PDF pp. 228–232 of the 334-page uploaded copy.

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