Max Boot to Speak at NYYRC December Monthly Forum

The New York Young Republican Club ^ | December 12, 2006 | Ron Lewenberg

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NYYRC December Political Forum

Thursday, December 14
Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: The Grand Hyatt New York, 109 East 42nd Street, in the Alvin Room, which is located on the Conference level

Our Guest Speaker: Max Boot

Max Boot is a Senior Fellow in National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He is also a weekly foreign-affairs columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard, and a regular contributor to The New York Times, The Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, and many other publications.

The award-winning author and former editorial page Editor for the Wall Street Journal recently completed War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today, which examines how technological revolutions have transformed warfare and the global balance of power. His last book, The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power was selected as one of the best books of 2002 by The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Christian Science Monitor. It also won the 2003 General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award, given annually by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation for the best nonfiction book pertaining to Marine Corps history.

Having written extensively about US foreign policy and counter-insurgency policies, Mr. Boot's speech is timely with the recent Iraq Study Group Report.

Date: Thursday, December 14
Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Place: The Grand Hyatt New York, 109 East 42nd Street, the Alvin Room on the Conference level Admission: Members - FREE, Non Members - $5, F/T Students - $2.

After-politics Socializing

The meeting may adjourn at 9:30, but no YR event is complete without a trip to our favorite local pub for a chance to network, socialize and make new friends. So, plan on a late evening and please join us at:
Margarita Murphy's
591 Third Avenue
Between 38th and 39th streets

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There will be a number of copies of Mr. Boot's books available for sale for $25 instead of $35. After the Q&A session, Mr. Boot will hold a book signing.

Note: This event is sponsored by the independent New York Young Republican Club, the older YR club in the nation.

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Our second speaker is blogger extraordinaire Azi Paybarah from the NY Observer's Politicker. He will talk about the effect blogging had on the 2006 elections and what to expect from political blogs in the future.