Russia Goes Dry: Alcohol, State and Society
"...an excellent case study for political scientists and sociologists."   Choice"White has provided readers with an elegantly written study that is supplemented by contemporary posters and art work and greatly informative on the failed policy implementation of the late Soviet period."    George E. Snow, Slavic Review"As White writes in the preface: I have sought to examine the campaign from its origins, considering the social issues it sought to address, the manner in which it was devised, the success it appeared initially to enjoy, and the disappointments and recriminations that accompanied its demise in the late 1980's.  White has done all this and more, and I recommend Russia Goes Dry to historians, political scientists, and public policy experts as a cautionary tale on the perils of centrally directed social reform."    Choi Chatterjee, Slavic and East European Journal