Chris Coyne lays out a powerful critique of American foreign policy.

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Today’s book: In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace

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Chris Coyne’s recommendations: Political Capitalism: How Economic and Political Power Is Made and Maintained, by Randall G. Holcombe; Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government, by Robert Higgs; books by Andrew J. Bacevich, as well as Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, and Gore Vidal.