excellent essay on why American democracy matters
SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH
by Ralph Barton Perry
Published by Vanguard Press, New York, 1940
New York Times Book Review
By Simeon Strunsky
Jan. 5, 1941
Professor Perry on America and the World Crisis; SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH. By Ralph Barton Perry. 157 pp. New York: The Vanguard Press. $1.50.
https://www.nytimes.com/1941/01/05/archives/professor-perry-on-america-and-the-world-crisis-shall-not-perish.html