Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Prohibition Book Review by Madame Mimi

This paper offers a very positive review of a highly entertaining and enlightening book, Daniel Okrent's "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition", that details the social and political aspects of the Prohibition era in the United States. The paper outlines how Okrent regales the reader with information on wet, dry, criminal and law enforcement sides of Prohibition and how he emphasizes the lessons to be learned from Prohibition and it's repeal. The paper notes the faults in Okrent's work but posits that they can easily be forgiven since it is such a beautifully written enlightening history. Furthermore, this writer asserts that Okrent's analytic ability is profound and his understanding of American culture has created an illuminating and amusing re-introduction to an incredibly complex battle that was fought over decades and ought to be remembered.