Born in Moscow, Alexander Boot has lectured on English literature and made a nuisance of himself with the authorities. He emigrated in 1973 to the USA then, in 1988, to the UK. He is the author of 'How the West Was Lost' (2006), 'God and Man According to Tolstoy' (2009), 'The Crisis Behind Our Crisis' (2011), 'How the Future Worked' (2013) and 'Democracy as a Neocon Trick' (2014).