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Taking the Pledge: H. H. Asquith and Drink

1993/03/01 by Marvin Rintala · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes #Pledge #Politics #Addiction #Sociology #Political science #Law #Psychology #Psychiatry

paper · doi:10.1353/bio.2010.0351

openalex publication_date 1993/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

The personal causes, and political consequences, of addiction to alcohol by H. H. Asquith are explored. The most important personal cause was his unhappy second marriage, to Margot Tennant. The most important political consequences were to the hopes of British temperance advocates, to effective British policymaking in the Great War, and to Asquith's own political career.

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