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boot in 2007 moscow military history american 12 september 1969 max boot.jpg max boot
 max boot writer , historian
max boot

max boot -lrb- born september 12 , 1969 -rrb- is an american author , consultant , editorialist , lecturer , and military historian .
he has been a prominent advocate for american power .
he once described his ideas as `` american might to promote american ideals . ''
he self-identifies as a conservative , once joking that `` i grew up in the 1980s , when conservatism was cool '' .
boot worked as a writer and editor for `` christian science monitor '' and then for `` the wall street journal '' in the 1990s .
he is now jeane j. kirkpatrick senior fellow in national security studies at the council on foreign relations .
he has written for numerous publications such as `` the weekly standard '' , `` the los angeles times '' , and `` the new york times '' , and he has also authored well-reviewed and best-selling books of military history .
boot 's most recent book , titled `` invisible armies '' , came out in 2013 , and it details the history of guerrilla warfare .
