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Re:A brief history of battlefield boozing by mrec on Friday November 10, 2017 @05:08PM (#15673464)
I found that book interesting, but AFAICT it is has a pretty terrible reputation among historians. Mostly for relying heavily on the work of SLA Marshall, who appears to have skewed or outright invented much of his evidence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.L.A._Marshall#Controversy_af...

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Re:A brief history of battlefield boozing by ryanx435 on Friday November 10, 2017 @09:07PM (#15674597)
It's in the Marine corps reading list, so it can't have too bad of a reputation
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Re:A brief history of battlefield boozing by dTal on Saturday November 11, 2017 @08:25AM (#15676258)
Although Marines are known for the possession of many qualities, literary acumen is not among them.
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Re:A brief history of battlefield boozing by potta_coffee on Sunday November 12, 2017 @08:04PM (#15683518)
They have a pretty extensive reading list, all NCOs and Officers are required to read from the list as part of the criteria for career advancement.
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