The United States Remains Isolated

Lusitania

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There was a book written in the 60s about an isolationist America, that forged a Americas isolationist organization and they not only kept out of Europe and Asia and such but prevented any contact with these people.

The book takes place 100 years in the future when an American ship due to storm sails to England and finds Europe in the middle ages. Africans have thrown of their Colonizers and moved north enslaving the remaining whites. China has overcome Japan and expanded to Moscow.

I cannot remmember the name but it was very opinionated.
 
There was a book written in the 60s about an isolationist America, that forged a Americas isolationist organization and they not only kept out of Europe and Asia and such but prevented any contact with these people.

The book takes place 100 years in the future when an American ship due to storm sails to England and finds Europe in the middle ages. Africans have thrown of their Colonizers and moved north enslaving the remaining whites. China has overcome Japan and expanded to Moscow.

I cannot remmember the name but it was very opinionated.

that sounds very much like "The Lost Continent" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, but that was written back in the 30's...
 
It's been said on this thread before and it should be repeated that an isolationist USA is not incompatible with a USA engaged deeply in world trade. Our strongly capitalistic economy would drive us to keep as many markets open to our products as possible and keep as many sources of raw material open to us as well.

A large US Navy follows from this, as well as an Army that can be beefed up and deployed quickly when things do not go our self-centered capitalistic way. I don't know if the analogy follows, but do we not have a parallel in pre-20th Cent. Britain and it's desire to stay aloof until and unless the balance of power is threatened? Might not the USA also follow such a path?

You explain a point I was trying to make very well. I was thinking of a USA that did not involve itself with the political affairs of Europe or Asia, but that would be open to trade deals with them. The business of America could indeed be business, without getting involved with NATO or UN type organizations.

I do wonder how an isolationist USA would react if a powerful European, or Asian nation started threatening them. Say a powerful Germany that wins WWI and becomes the super power of Europe, or a Japan that becomes the super power of Asia, or any other country that ends up becoming a super power. You would think that one day they will come knocking on Americas door?!?
 
There was a book written in the 60s about an isolationist America, that forged a Americas isolationist organization and they not only kept out of Europe and Asia and such but prevented any contact with these people.

The book takes place 100 years in the future when an American ship due to storm sails to England and finds Europe in the middle ages. Africans have thrown of their Colonizers and moved north enslaving the remaining whites. China has overcome Japan and expanded to Moscow.

I cannot remmember the name but it was very opinionated.

That story is more extreme than what I was envisioning. It does sound like an interesting read, so please post the name of the book if you remember it.
 
You explain a point I was trying to make very well. I was thinking of a USA that did not involve itself with the political affairs of Europe or Asia, but that would be open to trade deals with them. The business of America could indeed be business, without getting involved with NATO or UN type organizations.

I do wonder how an isolationist USA would react if a powerful European, or Asian nation started threatening them. Say a powerful Germany that wins WWI and becomes the super power of Europe, or a Japan that becomes the super power of Asia, or any other country that ends up becoming a super power. You would think that one day they will come knocking on Americas door?!?

I guess the answer to your question would be if Germany, Japan, or any other country really felt they had something to gain by beating in the door of an economically American-dominated western hemisphere or any of their overseas suppliers and/or markets.

Maybe a real good ASB model to follow would be the Ferengi of "Star Trek:Next Gen". Their whole motivation for doing anything was the bottom line. Wasn't one of their stock phrases, "It is not profitable"?

So, where does the US draw the line? Are they OK with German or British doing business with Brazil and Argentina? What do they think about Canada? Is the US share of the Canadian market big enough or do they want aa total monopoly? So many questions . . . !
 
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