Max Boot
Max Boot is a leading military historian and foreign-policy analyst. The Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, he is the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller "Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present." His earlier books include "War Made New: Technology, Warfare and the Course of History, 1500 to Today" and "The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power." Boot holds a bachelor's degree in history, with high honors, from the University of California, Berkeley (1991), and a master's degree in history from Yale University (1992). He was born in Russia, grew up in Los Angeles, and now lives in the New York area.
Recent Blog Posts
- U.S. Must Exploit Hezbollah’s Vulnerability, May 21 2013
- Don’t Neglect Afghan Air Support, May 21 2013
- Looming Threat of Civil War in Iraq, May 20 2013
- Can Congress Force Action to Oust Assad?, May 20 2013
- More on Sexual Assault in the Military, May 20 2013
- Hyping the Horrors of Military Service, May 16 2013
- The Real Libya Scandal, May 13 2013
- In Pakistan, Expect More of the Same, May 13 2013
- Assad’s Fall Is Far from Inevitable, May 13 2013
- To End Syrian War, Don’t Rely on Russia, May 10 2013
