You simply can't understand the present if you don't understand the past. There is no more alarming case study of the consequences… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
History education in schools is so poor that students often enter college ignorant of the past - and leave just as unenlightened. — Max Boot Copy Share Image
The history of the modern Republican Party is the story of moderates being driven out and conservatives taking over - and then of those… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
“There were few more unlikely candidates in 1611 for Great Power status than Sweden. Even with its satrapy of Finland, the total population numbered… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
The John F. Kennedy presidency, with its glittering court of Camelot, cemented the impression that it was the Democrats who represented the thinking men… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of people: Those who like active vacations and those who like sedentary vacations. I'm one of the weird hybrids who… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
Silence is complicity. All Republicans who stand mute in the face of Trump's latest racism are telling you who they really are. — Max Boot Copy Share Image
Joe Biden stands out from other Democratic candidates not just by taking on President Trump directly but also by seeking to separate Trump from… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
What would I do now, at age 48, if I were deported to a country that I have not seen in more than 40… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
Neoconservatism' once had a real meaning - back in the 1970s. But the label has now become meaningless. With many of those who are… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
To win in 2020, a Democratic nominee will need to win back voters in key Midwestern states who supported Trump in 2016. — Max Boot Copy Share Image
Olga E. Kagan was the strongest woman I knew - and probably the reason I've spent my life with other strong women. — Max Boot Copy Share Image
“But in the military sphere, just as in science, economics, art, or culture, change is not evenly distributed across space and time. Sometimes innovations… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
Thirty years on, I am no longer as certain about anything as I was at age 20. I now regret my support for the… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
