Isolationism: A History of America's Efforts to Shield Itself from the World Kupchan Charles A.
Isolationism: A History of America's Efforts to Shield Itself from the World Kupchan Charles A. The first book to tell the full story of American isolationism, from the founding era through the Trump…
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Isolationism: A History of America's Efforts to Shield Itself from the World Kupchan Charles A.
The first book to tell the full story of American isolationism, from the founding era through the Trump presidency.In his Farewell Address of 1796, President George Washington admonished the young nation to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. From the founding era until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States shunned strategic commitments abroad, making only brief detours during the Spanish-American War and World War I. Isolationism thereafter became one of the most influential political trends in American history.
But isolationism is making a comeback as Americans tire of foreign entanglement. Amid World War II and the Cold War, Americans abandoned isolationism; they tried to run the world rather than run away from it. In this definitive and magisterial analysis-the first book to tell the fascinating story of