The Rum War: The Coast Guard and Change During Prohibition
This 8-page graduate paper considers the role of the Coast Guard in enforcement of the Prohibition Enforcement. This paper also considers the mission of the Coast Guard during the Billard years. Changes to the Coast Guards and effects of those changes during this period are discussed. This paper concludes that the Prohibition years were a watershed period for the Coast Guard - with the Billard years being especially important - because these years made the Coast Guard into a professional and national service. These years also saw the largest growth of the Coast Guard, with new ships and technologies added to the service in order to cope with the rumrunner ships.
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