Editing Max Boot (section)

==Personal life==

Boot was born in Moscow.<ref name=times>{{cite news|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/max_boot/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=max%20boot&st=cse |title=Max Boot|newspaper =The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125113754/http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/max_boot/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=max%20boot&st=cse|archive-date=January 25, 2013|access-date=January 12, 2017}}</ref> His parents and grandmother, all [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russian Jews]], emigrated from the [[Soviet Union]] in 1976 to [[Los Angeles]], where he was raised and eventually gained naturalized U.S. citizenship.<ref name=times/><ref>{{Cite news|last= Boot |first= Max|title=I came to this country 41 years ago. Now I feel like I don't belong here. |newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|date=September 5, 2017 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/09/05/i-came-to-this-country-41-years-ago-now-trump-is-making-me-feel-like-i-dont-belong-here/  |quote= I am White. I am Jewish. I am an immigrant. I am a Russian American.}}</ref> Boot attended the [[University of California, Berkeley]] where he graduated with honors with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[history]] in 1991 and [[Yale University]] with an [[Master's Degree|MA]] in Diplomatic History in 1992.<ref name=los>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-bio-boot-b,1,1328033.blurb?coll=la-news-columns |title=Max Boot |access-date=January 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050506024247/http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-bio-boot-b%2C1%2C1328033.blurb?coll=la-news-columns |archive-date=May 6, 2005 |work=Los Angeles Times |url-status=dead }}</ref> He began his career in [[journalism]] writing columns for the Berkeley [[student newspaper]] ''[[The Daily Californian]]''.<ref name=back>{{cite web|title=Conversation with Max Boot: Background|url=http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Boot/boot-con1.html|publisher=Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley|last1=Barnes|first1=Thomas|last2=Kreisler|first2=Harry|date=2003|access-date=January 22, 2008|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224201854/http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Boot/boot-con1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He later said that he believes he is the only conservative writer in that paper's history.<ref name=back/> {{As of|2005}}, Boot and his family lived in the [[New York State|New York]] area.<ref name=los/>

Max Boot's spouse is [[Sue Mi Terry]]. On July 16, 2024, Terry was indicted and arrested for allegedly acting as an unregistered foreign agent of the South Korean government.<ref name="NYT20240716">{{Cite news |last=Fahy |first=Claire |date=2024-07-16 |title=U.S. Accuses Former C.I.A. Analyst of Working for South Korea |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/nyregion/sue-mi-terry-cia-south-korea.html |access-date=2024-07-16 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2024-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716214138/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/nyregion/sue-mi-terry-cia-south-korea.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stempel |first=Jonathan |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Former White House official is indicted for acting as South Korea agent |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex-white-house-official-indicted-acting-south-korea-agent-2024-07-16/ |access-date=July 16, 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> Boot co-authored an opinion piece with Terry for the ''Washington Post'' in 2023. According to prosecutors, the article was written at the behest of South Korean officials and used information they provided without disclosing the involvement of the Korean government. Boot has not been accused of any wrongdoing.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Schaffer|first1=Aaron|last2=Nakashima|first2=Ellen|date=July 16, 2024|title=Ex-CIA analyst accused of working for South Korean intelligence service|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/16/terry-south-korea-cia-fara/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240717215220/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/16/terry-south-korea-cia-fara/|archive-date=July 17, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The indictment has been critiziced by civil liberties groups as a threat to freedom of speech.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lippman |first=Daniel |date=March 6, 2025 |title="First Amendment groups go to bat in Terry case." |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2025/03/06/first-amendment-groups-go-to-bat-in-terry-case-00217032 |work=[[Politico]]}}</ref>