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Word: neoisolationists (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Neoisolationist voices in Congress argue that forces should be deployed only when our security is directly at stake. While such threats may include an attack on Persian Gulf oil resources, they have little tolerance for humanitarian concerns or international...

Author: By Steven A. Engel, | Title: Why We Go Into Bosnia | 10/25/1995 | See Source »

...message to Bush cannot be dismissed as neoisolationist. For one thing, in several cases the messengers have internationalist credentials as good as his own. In May, William Hyland, editor of Foreign Affairs, wrote a guest column for the New York Times calling on the U.S. to "start selectively disengaging" from overseas commitments, "a psychological turn inward" and a Marshall Plan "to put our house in order." Four weeks later, the Times's own James Reston argued that "the main threat to our nation's security ((comes)) from within" and urged Bush to build a "new American order." Meanwhile, Peter Peterson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

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