Intoxications: Those Moments When Alcohol Changed the Face of the World (French Edition) By Benoît Franquebalme

Intoxications: Those Moments When Alcohol Changed the Face of the World is a powerful and scholarly essay written by Benoît Franquebalme, which offers a surprising reinterpretation of History through the prism of alcohol. Far from being anecdotal, the consumption of alcohol has, in many cases, influenced political choices, disrupted the course of events, or simply hastened the fate of nations.

In this work with a lively and accessible tone, the author invites us on a journey through the centuries, where Individual or collective intoxications become drivers of historical action..

In Ancient Egypt, these are rations of beer which allowed the construction of the pyramids, keeping the workers in a state of astonishing docility and endurance. At the Middle Ages, of the barrels of Saumur wine would have given the French troops the necessary advantage to win a key episode of the Hundred Years' War.

Closer to us, In Dallas in 1963, while the president John F. Kennedy falls under the bullets, his bodyguards, supposed to watch over him, are unable to react because of a hangover monumental. And in 1994, it is in a moment of alcohol-induced disinhibition that a Russian general gives the order to invade Grozny, precipitating one of the deadliest battles of the Chechen conflict.

Through these unusual but rigorously documented stories, Benoît Franquebalme highlights the ambivalence of alcohol : a tool of social cohesion, celebration, and courage, it can also be a factor of blindness, chaos, or irreversible decision.

This book is intended for both History enthusiasts that to the curious about sociology and wine culture, to the enthusiasts of unusual facts, and to all those who enjoy approaching the past from a original angle.

Item features

• Type of object : Book

• Title : Intoxications: Those Moments When Alcohol Changed the Face of the World

• Author : Benoît Franquebalme

• 0Editor : JC Lattès

• Collection : Essays and Documents

• Language : French

• Format : Paperback

• Dimensions 21.5 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm

• Number of pages : 174

• Weight : 220 g

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• ISBN : 978-2-7096-6637-4

• Publication date : August 26, 2020