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'''Max Boot''' (born [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]) is an [[author]] and [[military historian]] noted for his support of a strong U.S. leadership role in the world. He is a senior fellow at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], a contributing editor to ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'', a weekly columnist for ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' and a regular contributor to other publications including the ''[[Financial Times]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]''. He is also a consultant to the [[Military of the United States|U.S. military]] and a regular lecturer at U.S. military institutions such as the [[U.S. Army War College|Army War College]] and the [[Command and General Staff College]]. He has previously worked for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' and the ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]''. While at the Wall Street Journal, Boot authored "Out of Order," a polemic critique of the American legal system.
'''Max Boot''' (born [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]) is an [[author]] and [[military historian]] noted for his support of a strong U.S. leadership role in the world. He is a senior fellow at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], a contributing editor to ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'', a weekly columnist for ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' and a regular contributor to other publications including the ''[[Financial Times]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]''. He is also a consultant to the [[Military of the United States|U.S. military]] and a regular lecturer at U.S. military institutions such as the [[U.S. Army War College|Army War College]] and the [[Command and General Staff College]]. He has previously worked for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' and the ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]''. While at the Wall Street Journal, Boot authored "Out of Order," a polemic critique of the American legal system. He also collaborated with [[Steven J. Milloy]] on an article "Risk Rethought" which was critical of regulations to protect public health. Milloy [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/cgi/getdoc?tid=lfw74a00&fmt=pdf&ref=results edited a draft] of the article which can be found in the Tobacco Legacy Documents. In the article, Boot wrote, "Of course, the regulators claimed that their rules were necessary to protect the public's health. Anyone who protested was labeled a stooge of Big Business." Milloy was later found to have been on the payroll of Big Tobacco [http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20060206&s=thacker020606].


In 2004, he was named by the [[World Affairs Councils of America]] one of “the 500 most influential people in the United States in the field of foreign policy.” His latest book, "War Made New," is a provocative new vision of the rise of the modern world through the lens of warfare. The book explores how innovations in weaponry and tactics have not only transformed how wars are fought and won but also have guided the course of human events, from the formation of the first modern states, to the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the coming of al-Qaeda.
In 2004, he was named by the [[World Affairs Councils of America]] one of “the 500 most influential people in the United States in the field of foreign policy.” His latest book, "War Made New," is a provocative new vision of the rise of the modern world through the lens of warfare. The book explores how innovations in weaponry and tactics have not only transformed how wars are fought and won but also have guided the course of human events, from the formation of the first modern states, to the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the coming of al-Qaeda.

Revision as of 15:01, 20 October 2006

Max Boot (born Moscow, Soviet Union) is an author and military historian noted for his support of a strong U.S. leadership role in the world. He is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard, a weekly columnist for The Los Angeles Times and a regular contributor to other publications including the Financial Times and The New York Times. He is also a consultant to the U.S. military and a regular lecturer at U.S. military institutions such as the Army War College and the Command and General Staff College. He has previously worked for The Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. While at the Wall Street Journal, Boot authored "Out of Order," a polemic critique of the American legal system. He also collaborated with Steven J. Milloy on an article "Risk Rethought" which was critical of regulations to protect public health. Milloy edited a draft of the article which can be found in the Tobacco Legacy Documents. In the article, Boot wrote, "Of course, the regulators claimed that their rules were necessary to protect the public's health. Anyone who protested was labeled a stooge of Big Business." Milloy was later found to have been on the payroll of Big Tobacco [1].

In 2004, he was named by the World Affairs Councils of America one of “the 500 most influential people in the United States in the field of foreign policy.” His latest book, "War Made New," is a provocative new vision of the rise of the modern world through the lens of warfare. The book explores how innovations in weaponry and tactics have not only transformed how wars are fought and won but also have guided the course of human events, from the formation of the first modern states, to the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the coming of al-Qaeda.

Boot earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991, and a master's degree in diplomatic history from Yale University in 1992.

Boot has been a member of Benador Associates, a neoconservative PR firm.

Bibliography

  • "War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today" (Gotham Books, 2006), ISBN 1592402224
  • The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power (Basic Books, 2002), ISBN 0-465-00721-X
  • Out of Order: Arrogance, Corruption and Incompetence on the Bench (Basic Books, 1998), ISBN 0-465-05375-0
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