Word: isolationist
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...broad fields of national and international policy, no one could be sure what his opinions are. He is of course opposed to the New Deal. On foreign relations, he apparently regards himself as a "nationalist," but not an isolationist. "Nationalism" might mean world cooperation based on legitimate self-interest-or it might mean letting the rest of the world go hang...
When Congress passed the Selective Service Act over bitter isolationist protests after the fall of France, the Army set out to build up a "protective mobilization force" of 2,800,000. For command, there were about 150,000 officers-14,000 regulars, the rest a grab bag of civilian reserves and National Guardsmen, many over age. It was to give the drafted men a chance to rise from the ranks, rather than to fill great gaps, that War Secretary Stimson and General Marshall set up small Officer Candidate Schools...
Boston newspaper were among the last to give up the old isolationist line. They have long indulged in attacking Russia at the least provocation. To editorialize on their editorial pages is their privilege. But when they make use of the news column, supposedly devoted to exposition of fact, to give their readers mistaken impressions about the beliefs of public and church leaders, they do more than cripple the national program at a crucial time. They become a threat to democracy itself, because they dilute the value of a free press...
...share of responsibility in world affairs. Facilitating the readjustment of this nation's economy to a peace-time basis, extension of the program will serve to assure our Allies that the United States will not repeat its mistake of 1919, will not ensure international anarchy by a policy of isolationist antarchy. In 1940, the policy was a party issue; in 1943, the United States Congress, by an overwhelming vote for passage, should evince its readiness to bring the United States into the political and economic community of the world...
Churchill's speech, far from aiding U.S. efforts toward cooperation, will have an opposite and dangerous effect. Wild fears. It will strengthen existing isolationist feeling by drawing a wall around Europe, and a "let-them-alone-ever-there" idea would be the result in America...