Taking sides
Subtitle: clashing views in American foreign policy
By: Neilsen-Handler
Edition: 6/e.
Series: McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series; McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Create
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781121824577
Subjects: Foreign relations; Politics and government; World politics; Diplomatic relations
Other titles: Clashing views in American foreign policy; American foreign policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Unit I. The United States and its place in the international system; title: Should the United States seek a leadership role in international affairs?; title: Should promoting democracy abroad be a top U.S. priority?; title: Is a multilateral approach to international affairs in the best interest of the United States?; title: Unit II. National security; title: Should U.S. defense spending be reduced dramatically?; title: Does spending on Foreign aid further U.S. national interests?; title: Should the United States continue a strategy of state building in Afghanistan?; title: Unit III. Regional and bilateral relations; title: Should the United States use military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon?; title: Is a rising China a threat to U.S. national security?; title: Should the United States play the leading role in revitalizing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?; title: Should the United States cut foreign aid to Pakistan?; title: Unit IV. Economic concerns; title: Is free trade good for the United States?; title: Should the United States eliminate its dependence on foreign oil?; title: Unit V. The United States and international rules, norms, laws, and institutions; title: Should the United States join the international criminal court?; title: Should the United States intervene militarily in the absence of a direct threat to U.S. national interests?; title: Are U.S. diplomatic efforts needed to create a binding international climate change treaty?; title: Unit VI. Domestic influences on U.S. foreign policy; title: Is Congress still relevant in U.S. foreign policymaking?; title: Does the president have too much power in decision-making about the use of American military power abroad?