Taking sides.
By: selected, edited, and with introd. by Andrew Bennett, [and] George Shambaugh.
Contributors: Bennett, Andrew, 1960-; Shambaugh, George E., 1963-
Edition: 4th ed.
Series: McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dubuque, IA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780073397221
Subjects: World politics -- 21st century; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
Other titles: Clashing views in American foreign policy
Notes: Previously published: Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in American foreign policy. 3rd ed.  Dubuque, Iowa : McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, c2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: UNIT 1. The United States and the world: strategic choices; title: Is american hegemony good for the United States and the world?; title: Should the United States have an official strategy of preemption against potential weapons of mass destruction threats?; title: Should promoting democracy abroad be a top U.S. priority?; title: UNIT 2. U.S. national security issues; title: Was the war in Iraq justified?; title: Should the United States stay in Iraq?; title: Should the United States foster a partition of Iraq?; title: UNIT 3. The United States and the world: regional and bilateral relations; title: Is Pakistan an asset in the war on terror?; title: Should the United States preemptively attack Iranian nuclear facilities?; title: Should the United States send peacekeeping troops to Darfur?; title: Is China's rise threatening to the United States?; title: Should the United States seek negotiations and engagement with North Korea?; title: Is U.S. support for Israel a key factor in America's difficulties in the Middle East?; title: UNIT 4. American foreign policy: domestic politics and institutions; title: Has the Department of Homeland Security been a success?; title: Does domestic spying help the United States?; title: Is loosening immigration regulations good for the United States?; title: UNIT 5. U.S. International economic and environmental issues; title: Is economic globalization good for the United States?; title: Is outsourcing good for the United States?; title: Should the United States fight climate change?; title: Is it realistic for the United States to move toward greater energy independence?; title: UNIT 6. The United States and international rules, norms, and institutions; title: Is it justifiable to put suspected terrorists under greater physical duress?; title: Can humanitarian intervention be justified?