The defeat of pacifist isolationismwas not accomplished by the interventionists, but by Japan.
Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace.
Let us not forget that the retreat to isolationism a quarter of a century ago was started not by a direct attack against international cooperation but against the alleged imperfections of the peace.
This is a fact: Strength in the pursuit of peace is no vice; isolationism in the pursuit of security is no virtue.
Ecclesiastical isolationism is very dangerous indeed, especially in a time of crisis.
The negative implication is also clear: whenever a spirit of particularism, provincialism and isolationism was strong in a Church, it did not fulfil its duty toward the persecuted Jews.
Until that time, it was at least pretended that the United States was neutral and the spirit of isolationism was still strong.
The war propaganda left a rather bad taste in the mouth of many Americans, and the boisterous joviality of the arousers probably produced negative attitudes which encouraged pacifism and isolationism in the postwar years.
The Nazis made the unnecessary mistake of assuming that isolationism used the same old language after Pearl Harbor.
