After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

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After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

Brooks Atkinson

1951

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Decline of democracy War Democracy

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1951

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Brooks Atkinson

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Atkinson, Brooks. Once Around the Sun. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951.

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