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'''Max Boot''' (born 1969 in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]{{Fact|date=February 2007}}) is an [[United States|American]] [[author]], [[consultant]], [[editorial]]ist, [[lecturer]] and [[military historian]]. He has been a prominent advocate for [[neoconservatism|neoconservative]] foreign policy, once describing his own position as support for the use of "American might to promote American ideals" throughout the world.<ref>{{cite news |first=Max |last=Boot |title=What the Heck Is a 'Neocon'? |url=http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002840 |work=[[OpinionJournal.com]] |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |date=2002-12-30 |accessdate=2007-02-06 }}</ref> 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 critique of the American legal system, and ''Savage Wars of Peace'', a study of small wars in American history. Max Boot has recently written ''War Made New'', an analysis of revolutions in military technology since 1500.

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==Career==

For a few months, Boot was a member of [[Benador Associates]], a [[Neoconservatism|neoconservative]] [[Public relations|PR]] firm, which describes itself as presenting a highly qualified cadre of inspiring, knowledgeable speakers, and says "Each of our members is nationally and internationally recognized on issues of the Middle East and national security, among others." However, as of 20 February 2006 he was no longer listed as a member.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.benadorassociates.com/members.php |title=Benador Associates Members |accessdate=2007-02-20 |publisher=Benador Associates, Inc.}}</ref>

Boot is currently a foreign policy adviser to Senator [[John McCain]] in his bid to win the [[2008 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The War Over the Wonks |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/documents/the-war-over-the-wonks.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2007-10-02 |accessdate=2007-12-04 }}</ref>

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