As with practically all rhetorical devices, William Shakespeare liked using it (âShe being none of your flesh and blood, your flesh and blood has not offended the kingâ), but you can thank George Lucas for what is now probably the best-known example: âFear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate.
isolationism. the policy or doctrine directed toward the isolation of a country from the affairs of other nations by a deliberate abstention from political, military, and economic agreements. â isolationist, n.
United States History. Isolationism. Isolationism refers to America's longstanding reluctance to become involved in European alliances and wars. Isolationists held the view that America's perspective on the world was different from that of European societies and that America could advance the cause of freedom and democracy by means other than war.