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Out of order : arrogance, corruption and incompetence on the bench / by Boot, Max,1968-(CARDINAL)351314;
Includes bibliographical references.1300L1310L
Subjects: Judges; Judicial corruption; Judicial ethics; Political questions and judicial power;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Invisible armies : an epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the present / by Boot, Max,1968-(CARDINAL)351314;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Guerrilla warfare;
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The savage wars of peace : small wars and the rise of American power / by Boot, Max,1968-(CARDINAL)351314;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-408) and index."To conquer upon the sea": Barbary Wars, 1801-1805, 1815 -- "Butcher and bolt": from the Marquesas, 1813, to China, 1859 -- Empire emerging: from Korea, 1871, to Samoa, 1899 -- Red summer: Boxer uprising, 1900 -- "Attraction" and "Chastisement": the Philippine War, 1899-1902 -- Carribean constabulary: Cuba:, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, 1898-1914 -- Lords of Hispaniola: Haiti, 1915-1934; Dominican Republic, 1916-1924 -- The dusty trail: the Pancho Villa punitive expedition, 1916-1917 -- Blood on the snow: Russia, 1918-1920 -- Chasing Sandino: Nicaragua, 1926-1933 -- "By bluff alone": China, 1901-1941 -- Lessons learned: the small wars manual -- Lessons unlearned: Vietnam, 1959-1975 -- In the shadow of Vietnam: the Powell doctrine and small wars in the 1990s -- In defense of the Pax Americana: small wars in the Twenty-First Century.
Subjects: Low-intensity conflicts (Military science); Intervention (International law);
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War made new : technology, warfare, and the course of history, 1500 to today / by Boot, Max,1968-(CARDINAL)351314;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-516) and index.Sail and shot : the Spanish Armada, July 31-August 9, 1588 -- Missile and muscle : Breitenfeld and Lützen, September 17, 1631-November 16, 1632 -- Flintlocks and forbearance : Assaye, September 23, 1803 -- Rifles and railroads : Königgrätz, July 3, 1866 -- Maxim guns and dum dums : Omdurman, September 2, 1898 -- Steel and steam : Tsushima, May 27-28, 1905 -- Tanks and terror : France, May 10-June 22, 1940 -- Flattops and torpedoes : Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 -- Superfortresses and firebombs : Tokyo, March 9-10, 1945 -- Professionalism and precision : Kuwait and Iraq, January 17-February 28, 1991 -- Special forces and horses : Afghanistan, October 7-December 6, 2001 -- Humvees and I.E.D.s : Iraq, March 20, 2003-May 1, 2005.Sail and shot : the Spanish Armada, July 31-September 21, 1588 -- Missile and muscle : Breitenfeld and Lützen, September 17, 1631-November 16, 1632 -- Flintlocks and forbearance : Assaye, September 23, 1803 -- Rifles and railroads : Königgrätz, July 3, 1866 -- Maxim guns and dum dums : Omdurman, September 2, 1898 -- Steel and steam : Tsushima, May 27-28, 1905 -- Tanks and terror : France, May 10-June 22, 1940 -- Flattops and torpedoes : Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 -- Superfortresses and firebombs : Tokyo, March 9-10, 1945 -- Precision and professionalism : Kuwait and Iraq, January 17-February 28, 1991 -- Special forces and horses : Afghanistan, October 7-December 6, 2001 -- Humvees and IEDs : Iraq, March 20, 2003-May 1, 2005 -- Revolutions to come -- Sail and shot : the Spanish Armada, July 31-August 9, 1588 -- Missile and muscle : Breitenfeld and Lützen, September 17, 1631-November 16, 1632 -- Flintlocks and forbearance : Assaye, September 23, 1803 -- Rifles and railroads : Königgrätz, July 3, 1866 -- Maxim guns and dum dums : Omdurman, September 2, 1898 -- Steel and steam : Tsushima, May 27-28, 1905 -- Tanks and terror : France, May 10-June 22, 1940 -- Flattops and torpedoes : Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 -- Superfortresses and firebombs : Tokyo, March 9-10, 1945 -- Professionalism and precision : Kuwait and Iraq, January 17-February 28, 1991 -- Special forces and horses : Afghanistan, October 7-December 6, 2001 -- Humvees and I.E.D.s : Iraq, March 20, 2003-May 1, 2005.
Subjects: Military art and science; Military history, Modern.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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The road not taken : Edward Lansdale and the American tragedy in Vietnam / by Boot, Max,1968-author.(CARDINAL)351314;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-675) and index.A biography of the CIA operative chronicles his rise and fall as a proponent of a visionary "hearts and minds" diplomacy in Vietnam who was ultimately overruled by the American military bureaucracy, which favored bombs and troop build-ups over winning the people's trust.
Subjects: Biographies.; Lansdale, Edward Geary, 1908-1987.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States. Army; Intelligence officers; Generals; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
Available copies: 34 / Total copies: 34
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Invisible armies : an epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the present / by Boot, Max,1968-author.(CARDINAL)351314;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Barbarians at the gate : the origins of guerrilla warfare -- Liberty or death : the rise of liberal revolutionaries -- The spreading oil spot : the wars of empire -- The bomb throwers : the first age of international terrorism -- The sideshows : guerrillas and commandos in the world wars -- The end of empire : the wars of "national liberation" -- Radical chic : the romance of the leftist revolutionaries -- God's killers : the rise of radical Islam.Describes the history of unconventional and nontraditional warfare from the nomads used by Alexander the Great to the shadowy modern battlefields of the post-9/11 era.
Subjects: Guerrilla warfare;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 15
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Reagan : his life and legend / by Boot, Max,1968-author.(CARDINAL)351314;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [787]-801) and index.Prologue: mourning in America -- Introduction: the pragmatist -- Act I : small-town boy. Main Street ; "The sunny side's the only side" ; "A good, clean town" ; The lifeguard ; 'Neath the elms ; The New Dealer ; Radio days -- Act II : actor. Hayseed in Hollywood ; The white knight ; The A list ; Fort wacky ; The strike ; The blacklist ; The divorce ; The winning team ; "Progress is our most important product" ; Family values -- Act III : "citizen politician". The right man ; The speech ; The friends of Ronald Reagan ; The backlash candidate ; The amateur ; The moderate ; The "homosexual" ring ; The forgotten campaign ; Battles in Berkeley ; A quieter term ; The primary gambit ; "I shall rise and fight again" ; The Santa Claus campaign ; Sears agonistes ; What it took -- Act IV : Mr. President. Assembling an administration ; In the White House ; Finest hour ; "The whip hand" ; "Vacation!" ; The Cold War heats up ; The Reagan doctrine ; The fairness issue ; The ash heap of history ; Allies--and aides--at war ; The year of living dangerously ; The thrill of victory...and the agony of defeat ; The haves and have-nots ; "Don't screw up": the 1984 campaign ; Hail to the Chief (of Staff) ; "We can do business together" ; Despotism and terrorism ; The surprise summit ; "A dark and hurtful time" ; Culture wars ; Tear down this wall -- Act V : Ex-president. Fadeout."In this "monumental and impressive" biography, Max Boot, the distinguished political columnist, illuminates the untold story of Ronald Reagan, revealing the man behind the mythology. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred of the fortieth president's aides, friends, and family members, as well as thousands of newly available documents, Boot provides "the best biography of Ronald Reagan to date" (Robert Mann). The story begins not in star-studded Hollywood but in the cradle of the Midwest, small-town Illinois, where Reagan was born in 1911 to Nelle Clyde Wilson, a devoted Disciples of Christ believer, and Jack Reagan, a struggling, alcoholic salesman. Boot vividly creates a portrait of a handsome young man, indeed a much-vaunted lifeguard, whose early successes mirrored those of Horatio Alger. And contextualizing Reagan's life against American history, Boot re-creates the world in which Reagan transitioned from local Iowa sportscaster to budding screen actor. The world of Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s would prove significant, not only in Reagan's coming-of-age in such classics as Knute Rockne and Kings Row but during the twilight of his film career, when he played opposite a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo, and then his eventual emergence as a television host of General Electric Theater, which established his bona fides as one of the leading conservative voices of the time. Indeed, the leap to California governor in 1966 seemed almost preordained, in which Reagan became a bellwether for a nation in the throes of a generational shift. Reagan's 1980 presidential election augured a shift that continues into this century. Boot writes not as a partisan but as a historian seeking to set the story straight. He explains how Reagan was an ideologue but also a supreme pragmatist who signed pro-abortion and gun control bills as governor, cut deals with Democrats in both Sacramento and Washington, and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War. A master communicator, Reagan revived America's spirits after the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. But Boot also shows how Reagan was armored in obliviousness. He traces Reagan's opposition to civil rights over forty years, reveals how he neglected the exploding AIDS epidemic, and details how America experienced a level of income inequality not seen since the Gilded Age. With its revelatory insights, Reagan: His Life and Legend is no apologia, depicting a man with a good-versus-evil worldview derived from his moralistic upbringing and Hollywood westerns. Providing fresh examinations of "trickle-down economics," the Cold War's end, the Iran-Contra affair, as well as a nuanced portrait of Reagan's family, this definitive biography is as compelling a presidential biography as any in recent decades."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Reagan, Ronald.; Presidents;
Available copies: 41 / Total copies: 46
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The road not taken [sound recording] : Edward Lansdale and the American tragedy in Vietnam / by Boot, Max,1968-(CARDINAL)351314; Strozier, Henry.nrt(CARDINAL)774508; Recorded Books, Inc.(CARDINAL)340508;
Narrated by Henry Strozier.In chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, The Road Not Taken definitively reframes our understanding of the Vietnam War. In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene's The Quiet American, best-selling historian Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a "hearts and mind" diplomacy, first in the Philippines, then in Vietnam. It was a visionary policy that, as Boot reveals, was ultimately crushed by America's giant military bureaucracy, steered by elitist generals and blueblood diplomats who favored troop build-ups and napalm bombs over winning the trust of the people. Through dozens of interviews and access to never before-seen documentsincluding long-hidden love lettersBoot recasts this cautionary American story, tracing the bold rise and the crashing fall of the roguish "T. E. Lawrence of Asia" from the battle of Dien Bien Phu to the humiliating American evacuation in 1975. Bringing a tragic complexity to this so-called "ugly American," this "engrossing biography" (Karl Marlantes) rescues Lansdale from historical ignominy and suggests that Vietnam could have been different had we only listened. With reverberations that continue to play out in Iraq and Afghanistan, The Road Not Taken is a biography of profound historical consequence.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Lansdale, Edward Geary, 1908-1987.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States. Army; Intelligence officers; Generals; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
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Reagan [sound recording] : his life and legend / by Boot, Max,1968-author.(CARDINAL)351314; Winton, Graham(Narrator),narrator.;
Narrated by Graham Winton.Political columnist Max Boot draws on interviews with over one hundred of the fortieth president's aides, friends, and family members, as well as thousands of newly available documents to illuminate the untold story of Ronald Reagan, revealing the man behind the mythology.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Biographies.; Reagan, Ronald.; Presidents;
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The corrosion of conservatism [sound recording] : why I left the right / by Boot, Max,1968-,author.(CARDINAL)351314; Recorded Books, Inc.(CARDINAL)340508;
Narrated by the author.As nativism, xenophobia, vile racism, and assaults on the rule of law threaten the very fabric of our nation, [this book] presents an urgent defense of American democracy. Pronouncing Mexican immigrants to be "rapists," Donald Trump announced his 2015 presidential bid, causing Max Boot to think he was watching a dystopian science-fiction movie. The respected conservative historian couldn't fathom that the party of Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Reagan could endorse such an unqualified reality-TV star. Yet the Twilight Zone episode that Boot believed he was watching created an ideological dislocation so shattering that Boot's transformation from Republican foreign policy adviser to celebrated anti-Trump columnist becomes the dramatic story of The Corrosion of Conservatism. No longer a Republican, but also not a Democrat, Boot here records his ideological journey from a "movement" conservative to a man without a party, beginning with his political coming-of-age as a young emigre from the Soviet Union, enthralled with the National Review and the conservative intellectual tradition of Russell Kirk and F. A. Hayek. Against this personal odyssey, Boot simultaneously traces the evolution of modern American conservatism, jump-started by Barry Goldwater's canonical The Conscience of a Conservative, to the rise of Trumpism and its gradual corrosion of what was once the Republican Party. While 90 percent of his fellow Republicans became political "toadies" in the aftermath of the 2016 election, Boot stood his ground, enduring the vitriol of his erstwhile conservative colleagues, trolled on Twitter by a white supremacist who depicted his "execution" in a gas chamber by a smiling, Nazi-clad Trump. And yet, Boot nevertheless remains a villain to some partisan circles for his enduring commitment to conservative fiscal and national security principles. It is from this isolated position, then, that Boot launches this bold declaration of dissent and its urgent plea for true, bipartisan cooperation. With uncompromising insights, The Corrosion of Conservatism evokes both a president who has traduced every norm and the rise of a nascent centrist movement to counter Trump's assault on democracy.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Boot, Max, 1968-; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).; Conservatism; Conservatives; Political science.;
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