aMany people have been wondering why the isolationist America was willing to get involved in World War I. After all, Britain was no friends with America at all and there was no such thing as “special relationship” at the time. Part of the answer is that Britain, to keep the balance ...
But I just wanted to make two quick points. You know, the word isolationism, which, of course, originates in the discourse about American foreign policy. We are told that in the interwar period, America was isolationist. It was nothing of the sort. American elites...
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History, too, played its part in shaping U.S. attitudes. On the isolationist side of the scales, the very act of rebellion by the 13 colonies was a turning away from the old, corrupt European powers. “We have it in our power,” wrote Thomas Paine, “to begin the world over again....
So, do we return to our isolationist roots? We could only do that if we forget the example, Lieutenant English, of the Greatest Generation. And we ought not forget that example. They’re not called the Greatest Generation for no reason, OK? … We’re going to have to grow the fleet....
Moreover, Vernham, like the plot ofThe Regime, appears to have no direction. There’s no clear motivation. She regularly talks about her “dream,” but it’s never really clear what that is. Initially, she seems to want to create an isolationist autocracy that retains complete control of ...
“realists” who seek to avoid foreign conflicts, taking a more neo-isolationist, “America First” view. For now, it appears the hawks are being appointed to the most senior positions, including Rubio at State, Waltz as national security adviser and, most surprisingly, former Fox News host ...
While it may have gone unmentioned, the Spanish flu left a lasting imprint in the decades to come. “The combination of the flu and the war made Americans afraid of what was out there in the wider world, so there was a growing notion of becoming an isolationist country and keeping out ...
In 1637, the Joseon lost a war with the newly established Qing Dynasty in China and was forced again to become their tributary. By the end of the 19th century, the Joseon Dynasty was in decline. Both the Donghak peasant rebellion and increasingly untenable isolationist policies l...
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