After a protracted, acrimonious campaign featuring criss-crossed party and ideological lines, a continental free-trade area, stretching from the Yukon to the Yucatan was created on January 1 1994. This volume illuminates the campaigns for and against the agreement, leading up to the crucial vote in the House of Representatives in November 1993. The author speculates on NAFTA’s significance for the US role in international affairs, with particular emphasis on the importance of the pact to the western hemisphere.