American foreign policy : opposing viewpoints / Carol Wekesser, book editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Presents opposing viewpoints on such aspects of American foreign policy as dealing with allies, intervention abroad, and foreign aid.

What should be the goal of U.S. foreign policy? -- How should the U.S. deal with its allies? -- Is U.S. intervention in other countries justified? -- What are the effects of U.S. foreign aid? -- How should the U.S. deal with the former Soviet Republics?

The U.S. must lead the world / Richard Nixon -- The U.S. should resist becoming the world's leader / Robert W. Tucker and David C. Hendrickson -- Domestic affairs must take precedence over foreign policy / Patrick J. Buchanan -- Foreign policy must remain a U.S. priority / Richard J. Barnet and John Cavanaugh -- The U.S. should promote democracy throughout the world / Joshua Muravchik -- The U.S. should not force democracy upon other nations / Russell Kirk -- The U.S. should continue to support NATO / Gary L. Geipel -- The U.S. should withdraw from NATO / John F. McManus -- The U.S. should decrease its ties to Israel / Sheldon L. Richman -- The U.S. should strengthen its ties to Israel / William R. Van Cleave -- The U.S. should end its military alliance with Japan / Joseph Gerson -- The U.S. should maintain its military alliance with Japan / Seth Cropsey -- U.S. intervention is sometimes justified / James Robbins -- Intervention harms the U.S. / Alan Tonelson -- The Gulf War proves that intervention is justified / James Turner Johnson -- The Gulf War proves that intervention is harmful / Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer -- U.S. foreign aid benefits other nations / U.S. Agency for International Development -- U.S. foreign aid harms other nations / Peter Bauer and Anthony Daniels -- Foreign aid benefits the United States / Richard Bissell -- Foreign aid harms the United States / Robert W. Lee -- The U.S. should aid the former Soviet republics / Bill Clinton -- The U.S. should not aid the former Soviet republics / Dennis DeConcini and Robert C. Byrd -- U.S. aid will strengthen the republics' economies / James L. Hecht -- U.S. aid may not strengthen the republics' economies / Nicholas Eberstadt -- U.S. aid would reduce Russia's military threat / James A. Baker -- U.S. aid will not reduce Russia's military threat / Christopher Cox and Jack Wheeler -- The U.S. should form a military alliance with Russia / Fred Charles Iklé -- The U.S. should not form a military alliance with Russia / Robert W. Lee.