Taking Sides: Clashing Views in American Foreign Policy

by Andrew Bennett, George Shambaugh (Editor)

This Fourth Edition of Taking Sides: Clashing Views in American Foreign Policy presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor's manual with testing material is available for each volume. Using Taking Sides In The Classroom is also an excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in the classroom. Each Taking Sides reader features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by our student website.

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Clashing views indeed. It was quite easy to tell where the author's opinion lay; often I found that the opposing point of view was virtually impossible to argue based on the article alone, as it was ridiculously biased, i.e. torture.