John Burnham's Bad Habits

What kind of story is John Burnham's Bad Habits? What is its "plot"? A "rise and fall"? A story of endless
progress? That is, what, does he argue, has been the role minor vices have played in American history? If
there is a winner and a loser in this history, identify them.
Why does Burnham, against all customary assessments, argue that Prohibition was successful?