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A complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages.
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Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
U.S. foreign policy; defense policy; military history; terrorism and guerrilla warfare.
A complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages.
See more in Wars and Warfare
Max Boot says that in retiring, Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks his mind as few Washington officials ever have.
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Max Boot reviews The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It by Robert A. Pape and James K. Feldman.
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Max Boot says preparedness of the U.S. military cannot be sacrificed for a federal budget deal.
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Max Boot reviews Donald Rumsfeld's Known and Unknown.
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Max Boot reviews Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak, by Robert Coram.
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Max Boot reviews Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars.
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Max Boot says a strategy that focuses on defeating the Taliban and reducing the corruption that allows them to thrive can produce victory in Afghanistan.
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Max Boot remembers General Marcel Bigeard.
See more in Algeria, Vietnam, France, Wars and Warfare
Max Boot argues that Kurdish success in Iraq suggests what Iraq can become in a few years.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Nation Building, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Max Boot says the war effort is succeeding in parts of Afghanistan - with time and troops the gains can be consolidated.
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Max Boot reviews Masters and Commanders, by Andrew Roberts.
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Max Boot provides an annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on pirates.
After visiting Afghanistan at the invitation of General David Petraeus, Max Boot, Frederick Kagan, and Kimberly Kagan discuss their observations of the conflict in the region and contend that while there is cause for concern, the situation is likely to improve.
See more in Afghanistan, Defense Strategy, Havens for Terrorism
Max Boot reviews The Accidental Guerilla, by David Kilcullen.
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Max Boot writes, "the Iraq war was the first step toward making good on what became known as the Bush doctrine. Yet the very messiness of that intervention served as a warning of the costs of preemption."
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Max Boot reviews Peter Hart's The Somme.
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Max Boot discusses David Hackett Fischer's latest work, Champlain's Dream.
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Max Boot compares John McCain and modern day conservatives with Theodore Roosevelt.
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Max Boot and Lee Wolosky write that “traveling to the Middle East can be a disconcerting experience. One day you feel as if you're journeying into the future, the next day into the past.”
See more in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Business and Foreign Policy, Emerging Markets
Max Boot reviews Professor Ian Kershaw's Fateful Choices: 10 Decisions That Changed the World.
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