Thompson, H. Paul, Jr. “Temperance Advocates and Prohibitionists Shared the Same Goals and Tactics.” In Prohibition's Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth About America's Anti-Alcohol Crusade, edited by Michael Lewis and Richard F. Hamm. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2020.
The League used single-issue, balance-of-power electoral discipline.
H. Paul Thompson Jr., “Temperance Advocates and Prohibitionists Shared the Same Goals and Tactics,” in Prohibition's Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth About America's Anti-Alcohol Crusade, ed. Michael Lewis and Richard F. Hamm (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2020), PDF sheets 31–34.
H. Paul Thompson Jr., “Temperance Advocates and Prohibitionists Shared the Same Goals and Tactics,” in Prohibition's Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth About America's Anti-Alcohol Crusade, ed. Michael Lewis and Richard F. Hamm (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2020), PDF sheets 31–34.
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Thompson, “Temperance Advocates and Prohibitionists Shared the Same Goals and Tactics,” PDF sheets 31–34.
Myth 1 — The Anti-Saloon League
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