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Wikipedia's really good for gaining some quick info on a topic that you don't know much about, but for anything mildly debatable such as politics, religion, or history -- it cannot be taken as fact.That said, I don't agree with that at all. I think that it's a mistake to think that international issues had played no role prior to the late 1930s, for diplomats and politicians had long focused on European affairs since the creation of the League. I reject the term "isolationism" for this period because if you look at their actions, it is evident it attempted to broker settlements to minimize its leadership position abroad.I would point to the Washington Naval Conference, Dawes Plan, Kellog-Briand Pact, Stimson Doctrine, and "Good Neighbor" Policy as evidence that we were indeed not strictly isolationist during this period.As for Wilson -- yes, he did run on a platform promising to "keep our boys out of war" but much like FDR, he was forced to abandon his many reform efforts to concentrate on the realities of an international war.
Wikipedia's really good for gaining some quick info on a topic that you don't know much about, but for anything mildly debatable such as politics, religion, or history -- it cannot be taken as fact.
That said, I don't agree with that at all. I think that it's a mistake to think that international issues had played no role prior to the late 1930s, for diplomats and politicians had long focused on European affairs since the creation of the League. I reject the term "isolationism" for this period because if you look at their actions, it is evident it attempted to broker settlements to minimize its leadership position abroad.
I would point to the Washington Naval Conference, Dawes Plan, Kellog-Briand Pact, Stimson Doctrine, and "Good Neighbor" Policy as evidence that we were indeed not strictly isolationist during this period.
As for Wilson -- yes, he did run on a platform promising to "keep our boys out of war" but much like FDR, he was forced to abandon his many reform efforts to concentrate on the realities of an international war.
