born september american author consultant lecturer military historian prominent advocate american values foreign policy described ideas american promote american ideals identifies conservative grew 1980s cool boot worked writer editor wall_street_journal 1990s national security studies written numerous publications los_angeles_times new_york_times authored reviewed best selling books military history boot recent book titled came details history guerrilla warfare personal life boot born moscow parents later emigrated soviet_union los_angeles raised educated yale_university diplomatic history started career writing columns berkeley student newspaper later stated believes conservative writer paper history boot family currently live new_york area career boot senior fellow national security studies contributing editor los_angeles_times regular contributor publications wall_street_journal washington_post new_york_times page serves consultant military regular lecturer military institutions command boot worked writer editor moved wall_street_journal years wrote investigative column called rule law legal issues short year career column rose position editor page boot left journal joined senior fellow group writings council appeared publications new_york_post boot wrote savage wars peace study small wars american history title came poem white man burden journal cold war studies criticized book saying boot critical research draws rendition history essentially meaningless argued new_york_times boot asked military nearly impossible task criticized book gave positive review saying boot written narrative fascinating reading military review labeled extraordinary boot book won general award best non fiction book recently published pertaining marine_corps history boot wrote numerous articles council named boot influential people united_states field foreign policy worked member published work war new analysis revolutions military technology book central thesis military succeeds dynamic forward looking structures administration place exploit new technologies concludes military lose edge bureaucratic book received praise new_york_times called unusual criticism called remarkably superficial boot wrote articles council received excellence opinion journalism year april episode boot stated journalist currently views purely military historian boot served foreign policy adviser senator john_mccain united_states presidential election bid stated editorial saw strong parallels boot continued write council publications boot wrote publications newsweek boston_globe new_york_times particularly argued president obama health care plans maintaining status harder withdrawal troops iraq occurred prematurely making war likely initial victory afghanistan government forces pull victory wrote criticizing planned budget measures hurting national security interests september boot wrote senior fellow new_york_times titled reasons intervene syria advocating military force create fly zone reminiscent nato role war stated second american intervention diminish iran influence arab world muscular american policy conflict spreading strife lebanon iraq boot argued training reliable partners syria internal opposition help create groups like concluded american leadership syria improve relations key allies like turkey end terrible human rights disaster boot recent book titled came details history guerrilla warfare going cases successful unsuccessful efforts fighting american war independence vietnam war current syrian civil war additionally states traditional conventional army tactics employed american military president bush president obama guerrilla organizations produced big strategic failures boot discussed book programs uncommon knowledge series appearing january beliefs general boot considers natural favor limited government home american leadership abroad strongly opposed presidential candidacy
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