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Define America’s empire

From Boston Review, a symposium on why regime change doesn’t work: Our interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan came after more than a hundred attempts at regime change all over the world, producing civil war and failing to promote democracy — even with the removal of Muammar Qaddafi, our Libya expedition shows we haven’t learned our lesson (and a series of responses). Inside Obama's War Room: How he decided to intervene in Libya – and what it says about his evolution as commander in chief. A review of State vs. Defense: The Battle to Define America’s Empire by Stephen Glain (and more). 5 principles critical to successful nation-building: A review of Jeremi Suri's Liberty's Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the Founders to Obama (and more and more). Inside the world's largest embassy: Welcome to the Vatican-sized US Embassy in Baghdad, home to a $2 million dead lawn and the world's worst bar scene. Anatol Lieven reviews Marvin Kalb and Deborah Kalb's Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama and Dov S. Zakheim's A Vulcan’s Tale: How the Bush Administration Mismanaged the Reconstruction of Afghanistan. A review of Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform by Paul R. Pillar. Breaking: Nobody knows what to do about Pakistan. What's the United States up to in Asia? From Military Times, a special report by Sean D. Naylor on The Secret War in Africa. Here are 6 b.s. myths you probably believe about America's "enemies".