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In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace

Wishing the United States were less of a global hegemon doesn't mean giving up on engagement with the globe, as Christopher Coyne argues in his new book, In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace.

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