Fred Kaplan (journalist)
Fred M. Kaplan | |
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Born | Hutchinson, Kansas | July 4, 1954
Occupation | Author, journalist |
Alma mater | Oberlin College Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Spouse | Brooke Gladstone (m. 1983) |
Children | 2 |
Fred M. Kaplan (born July 4, 1954) is an American author and
Biography
Kaplan was born in
).Before writing for Slate, Kaplan was a
Kaplan has authored several books on military strategy. His 1983 book on the individuals who created American nuclear strategy in the late 1940s and '50s, The Wizards of Armageddon, won the
In 2009, Kaplan published 1959: The Year Everything Changed.[6] The book argues that the course of world history was not changed by the counter-culture movements of the 1960s but rather by artistic, scientific, political, and economics events occurring in the year 1959.
Audio/video
Kaplan is an enthusiast of high-end audio and video equipment, and has reported from the Consumer Electronics Show on new technologies in this area,[7] as well as penning shopping-advice columns on which new televisions offer the best value.[8]
He has authored articles covering jazz and hi-fi equipment for the magazine Stereophile.[9]
Family
Kaplan married Brooke Gladstone, a journalist, author and media analyst, in 1983. The couple has twin daughters.
Works
- Books
- Dubious Specter: A Skeptical Look at the Soviet Nuclear Threat, ISBN 9780897580236
- The Wizards of Armageddon. Simon & Schuster. 1983. ISBN 9780804718844.[10]
- Daydream Believers. John Wiley & Sons. 2008. ISBN 9780470121184.
- 1959: The Year Everything Changed. John Wiley & Sons. 2009. ISBN 9780470730270.
- The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War, Simon and Schuster, 2013, ISBN 9781451642667
- Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War. Simon and Schuster. 2016. ISBN 9781476763279.[11]
- Kaplan, Fred (2020-01-28). The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War (First Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.). New York. OCLC 1105937787.)
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- Select essays
- Kaplan, Fred (January–February 2016). "Obama's Way: The President in Practice". Foreign Affairs. 95 (1). Council on Foreign Relations: 46–63.
- Kaplan, Fred (September–October 2016). "Rethinking Nuclear Policy". Foreign Affairs. 95 (5). Council on Foreign Relations: 18–25.
References
- ^ a b Contemporary Authors, p. 242.
- ISBN 978-0470121184.
- ^ Gal Perl Finkel, "A NEW STRATEGY AGAINST ISIS", The Jerusalem Post, March 7, 2017.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (December 26, 2012). "A General Battles His Own Army: 'The Insurgents,' About David Petraeus, by Fred Kaplan". The New York Times. Accessed 2012-12-27.
- ^ "General Nonfiction". The Pulitzer Prizes.
- ISBN 978-0470387818.
- ^ Gallagher, Ryan (11 January 2004). "A Futuristic House Leaves The Jetsons Behind". Slate. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ^ Gallagher, Ryan (23 September 2005). "It's finally time to buy an HDTV". Slate. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ^ "Fred Kaplan". Stereophile. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Briefly reviewed in the July 25, 2016 issue of The New Yorker, p.65.
Bibliography
- Contemporary Authors. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1998.