While Nixon believed the US was in decline, the others did not. All of them were strong internationalists when compared to the true isolationists of the 1930s, who bitterly opposed coming to the aid of Britain in WWII.
艾森豪威尔1952年因反对共和党候选人塔夫特（Robert Taft）而当选美国总统。尼克松认为美国在衰落，其他人则否。与20世纪30年代真正的孤立主义者（他们激烈反对在二战期间援助英国）相比，所有这些总统都是坚定的国际主义者。