Armed defense of democratic existence is now being gallantly waged in four continents. If that defense fails, all the population
and all the resources of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia will be dominated by the conquerors. Let us remember that the total of those populations and their resources in those four continents greatly exceeds the sum total of the population and the resources of the whole of the Western Hemisphere-many times over. What is the theme of this excerpt?
