In his farewell address, outgoing President George Washington famously stated that, "The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. ... In his book, "In Defense of the Bush Doctrine,"" Robert Kaufman discusses how the founders of the United States embraced an isolationist strategy in the years 1776-1830. ... In his book, Flight of the Eagle, Conrad Black summarizes the thinking of Washington and the United States when he writes, "in the sage beginning of what would become a ...

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