Historical uses are not modern medical advice. War logistics are not proof whiskey determined victory; wartime production counts do not establish causation.
The treatment moves between battlefield anecdotes, medical practice, national taxation, and regional production.
The Civil War chapter presents whiskey as medicine, ration, camp commodity, trade good, tax base, and illicit supply, showing that wartime alcohol cannot be reduced to drinking alone.
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