The American Proposition

A Better Guide than Reason: Studies in the American Revolution By M. E. Bradford Sherwood Sugden, 220 pp., $4.95

As Jeffrey Hart’s fine introduction to this volume makes abundantly clear, Mr. Bradford, in the 11 “occasional essays” printed here, addresses himself to one of the most important questions of our age: What is—to borrow from John Courtney Murray—the “American proposition”? Who are we? What are we? How did we get here? Why?

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George W. Carey

A Better Guide than Reason: Studies in the American Revolution By M. E. Bradford Sherwood Sugden, 220 pp., $4.95

As Jeffrey Hart’s fine introduction to this volume makes abundantly clear, Mr. Bradford, in the 11 “occasional essays” printed here, addresses himself to one of the most important questions of our age: What is—to borrow from John Courtney Murray—the “American proposition”? Who are we? What are we? How did we get here? Why?