{"product_id":"beer-and-war-simon-fenn-9798193362012","title":"Beer and War: The History Hidden in the Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeer has followed armies for thousands of years, but the history is not simply one of soldiers drinking.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeer and War\u003c\/i\u003e traces what happened when an ordinary drink entered the systems built to feed armies, finance governments, sustain morale, enforce hierarchy, and project power. The story moves from grain and beer administration in the first states and Xenophon's retreat through Armenia to Roman frontier forts, Revolutionary America, the First World War, Prohibition, Munich beer halls, the Second World War, Vietnam, and the dry deployments of the modern military.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeer did not win wars. But the effort to brew it, move it, tax it, ration it, restrict it, and sometimes ban it reveals how war reached far beyond the battlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Fenn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798193362012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Simon Fenn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174588621055,"sku":"9798193362012","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6483d4f7-5922-4052-acdc-8443273bbc82.jpg?v=1788960490","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beer-and-war-simon-fenn-9798193362012","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}