<span>During World War 2 Stalin's goals were to stop the German's from
taking over the Soviet Union. He wanted to capture Berlin and his
army was able to do this in 1945. </span>
<span>"Blacks have had to learn to protect themselves by being cynical but not cynical enough to slam the door on potential opportunities."
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Maybe because they both had different perspectives about it.
Isolationism is independence from the needs of other countries, people, groups, etc.