Summary of Peter Andreas's Killer High

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#1 The relationship between alcohol and war has been long and intimate. While alcohol has helped soldiers prepare for combat, it has also made them unreliable and self-destructive. It has helped civilian populations endure wartime hardships, but it has also provoked charges that it undermines worker productivity.

#2 The importance of alcohol for war can be seen in the history of the Greeks, who were the first to mass produce and make the drink available beyond elite circles. It was used as a currency, payment for soldiers, policemen, and the workers who built the pyramids.

#3 The Romans also came to adopt the wine-drinking culture of Greece, and they perfected the art of wine-making. They used wine as a strategic resource, and leaders used it to pacify disgruntled troops.

#4 The Romans spread wine through war, but they also suffered from it. The Vandals, a Germanic tribe, burned down Roman Gaul’s vineyards in AD 406, and the Vikings, who invaded Britain in the ninth century, preferred ale as well as mead.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669374619

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The relationship between alcohol and war has been long and intimate. While alcohol has helped soldiers prepare for combat, it has also made them unreliable and self-destructive. It has helped civilian populations endure wartime hardships, but it has also provoked charges that it undermines worker productivity.

#2

The importance of alcohol for war can be seen in the history of the Greeks, who were the first to mass produce and make the drink available beyond elite circles. It was used as a currency, payment for soldiers, policemen, and the workers who built the pyramids.

#3

The Romans also came to adopt the wine-drinking culture of Greece, and they perfected the art of wine-making. They used wine as a strategic resource, and leaders used it to pacify disgruntled troops.

#4

The Romans spread wine through war, but they also suffered from it. The Vandals, a Germanic tribe, burned down Roman Gaul’s vineyards in AD 406, and the Vikings, who invaded Britain in the ninth century, preferred ale as well as mead.

#5

Alcoholic drinks in Europe were primarily wine, ale, and beer, but also mead and cider. Distilled spirits, which were a much more compact, concentrated, and durable form of alcohol, were introduced in the late sixteenth century.

#6

The Spanish conquistadores dreamed of producing wine in the new colonies, but the results were disappointing. Distilled spirits, on the other hand, proved to be much more successful. The introduction of rum led to the creation of mezcal, a distilled form of pulque, the mild indigenous alcoholic beverage made from the agave plant.

#7

The British Royal Navy was the biggest consumer of rum, and it came to be known as the sailor’s drink. It was also used to stretch rum supplies, and it made the water on board ships safer and more palatable.

#8

Rum was the lifeblood of the New England