{"title":"Fred Kaplan","description":"\u003cp\u003eFRED KAPLAN is a national security columnist for Slate, where he writes the \"War Stories\" column, and the author of four books. His recent books include \u003cem\u003eThe Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e1959: The Year Everything Changed\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDaydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaplan co-won a Pulitzer Prize for a special \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e supplement on the U.S.-Soviet nuclear arms race. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from MIT and served as a foreign and defense policy advisor on Capitol Hill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he’s not writing, Kaplan draws on years as a correspondent at the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e, reporting from Washington, D.C., Moscow, and New York City. That reporting background shapes his deep focus on American foreign and defense policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFred lives in Brooklyn with his wife, NPR journalist Brooke Gladstone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFred Kaplan’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1959-the-year-everything-changed","title":"1959: The Year Everything Changed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcclaimed national security columnist and noted cultural critic Fred Kaplan looks past the 1960s to the year that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echanged America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile conventional accounts focus on the sixties as the era of pivotal change that swept the nation, Fred Kaplan argues that it was 1959 that ushered in the wave of tremendous cultural, political, and scientific shifts that would play out in the decades that followed. Pop culture exploded in upheaval with the rise of artists like Jasper Johns, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, and Miles Davis. Court rulings unshackled previously banned books. Political power broadened with the onset of Civil Rights laws and protests. The sexual and feminist revolutions took their first steps with the birth control pill. America entered the war in Vietnam, and a new style in superpower diplomacy took hold. The invention of the microchip and the Space Race put a new twist on the frontier myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVividly chronicles 1959 as a vital, overlooked year that set the world as we know it in motion, spearheading immense political, scientific, and cultural change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrong critical acclaim: \"Energetic and engaging\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e); \"Immensely enjoyable . . . a first-rate book\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e); \"Lively and filled with often funny anecdotes\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDraws fascinating parallels between the country in 1959 and today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing fascinating parallels between the country in 1959 and today, Kaplan offers a smart, cogent, and deeply researched take on a vital, overlooked period in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0470602031\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780470602034\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Fred Kaplan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40152694948027,"sku":"9780470602034","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":51651714744536,"sku":"9780470387818","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/711R-F2M2TL_mockup_v2_1620854886_0dbb1571-6c55-47a0-8ddb-0de86d906739.jpg?v=1790963564"},{"product_id":"daydream-believers","title":"Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAmerica's power is in decline, its allies alienated, its soldiers trapped in a war that even generals regard as unwinnable. What has happened these past few years is well known. Why it happened continues to puzzle. Celebrated Slate columnist Fred Kaplan explains the grave misconceptions that enabled George W. Bush and his aides to get so far off track, and traces the genesis and evolution of these ideas from the era of Nixon through Reagan to the present day.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0470422815\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780470422816\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Fred Kaplan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43185555144920,"sku":"9780470121184","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43185555177688,"sku":"9780470422816","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780470121184_FChigh_mockup_v2_1740149606_cb96828f-c96f-437b-9e5b-06a6bcb0c3c9.jpg?v=1791985278"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-fred-kaplan.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}