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Contributions by leading academic writers including Bernard Lewis, Michael Ignatieff, and Robert Kaplan evaluate U.S. foreign policy since September 11, in an anthology of essays that explores such topics as the effort to bring democracy to the middle east, America's perceived rise as an imperial power, and America's potential for success.