Max Boot (born September 12, 1969) 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. 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.”

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

Signatory on PNAC January 28, 2005 Letter to Congress on Increasing U.S. Ground Forces http://www.newamericancentury.org/defense-20050128.htm

Bibliography

• The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power (Basic Books, 2002), ISBN 046500721X
• Out of Order: Arrogance, Corruption and Incompetence on the Bench (Basic Books, 1998), ISBN 0465053750