Isolationism
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Isolationism, in its most extreme form, is a foreign policy calling for minimal dealings with foreign governments. It usually means avoiding relations with certain disliked countries, and avoiding entanglements that might lead to war. Thus the U.S. had a policy of isolationism toward the Soviet Union (1918-33), and toward Communist China (1949-71).
See America First Committee for the 1940-41 debate on avoiding American entry into World War II in Europe.