Max Boot

The history of the modern Republican Party is the story of moderates being driven out and conservatives taking over - and then…

— Max Boot

“There were few more unlikely candidates in 1611 for Great Power status than Sweden. Even with its satrapy of Finland, the total…

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The John F. Kennedy presidency, with its glittering court of Camelot, cemented the impression that it was the Democrats who represented the…

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There are two kinds of people: Those who like active vacations and those who like sedentary vacations. I'm one of the weird…

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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

Joe Biden stands out from other Democratic candidates not just by taking on President Trump directly but also by seeking to separate…

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What would I do now, at age 48, if I were deported to a country that I have not seen in more…

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Neoconservatism' once had a real meaning - back in the 1970s. But the label has now become meaningless. With many of those…

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To win in 2020, a Democratic nominee will need to win back voters in key Midwestern states who supported Trump in 2016.

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Olga E. Kagan was the strongest woman I knew - and probably the reason I've spent my life with other strong women.

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“But in the military sphere, just as in science, economics, art, or culture, change is not evenly distributed across space and time.…

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Thirty years on, I am no longer as certain about anything as I was at age 20. I now regret my support…

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The 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, has not so far provoked the kind of anguished…

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“The dominance of the man on horseback was challenged during the fourteenth century in what some historians call the infantry revolution. English…

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“a crucial element of English success was their commanders’ ability to learn on the fly, make adjustments, and attempt new tactics. The…

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I have not given up my faith in democracy - it remains the worst form of government except for all the others…

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I used to be one of those people who read thrillers on vacation, but for some reason most thrillers no longer thrill…

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“Some lasting terms of military organization owe their origin to Spain: colonel comes from cabo de colunela, or head of a column;…

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History has been my primary intellectual passion ever since, as a boy in Southern California, I began reading books on World War…

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France has had socialist presidents on and off since the 1920s, and it remains a free country. Socialists have ruled in many…

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People who sit for hours in a beach chair or an airplane seat without any reading material simply baffle me: What is…

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Increasingly I feel like a Jew, an immigrant, a Russian - anything but a normal, mainstream American.

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The spread of communications technologies - social media, TV news channels - aggravates societal divisions and discord. All that online snarling is…

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Irrationality may be more prevalent in the party of climate denial, but it isn't limited to Republicans.

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Trump doesn't need his own agenda if he can terrify independent voters in swing states about what would happen if the Democratic…

— Max Boot