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  • The Bomb

    Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    From the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war—and several presidents’ actions in nuclear crises—from Truman to Trump.Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as “a rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter,” takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Lincoln and the Abolitionists

    John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    "Anyone who wants to understand the United States' racial divisions will learn a lot from reading Kaplan's richly researched account of one of the worst periods in American history and its chilling effects today in our cities, legislative bodies, schools, and houses of worship." — St. Louis Post-DispatchThe acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan returns with a controversial exploration of how Abraham ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Dark Territory

    The Secret History of Cyber War

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    “An important, disturbing, and gripping history” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), the never-before-told story of the computer scientists and the NSA, Pentagon, and White House policymakers who invent and employ cyber wars—where every country can be a major power player and every hacker a mass destroyer.In June 1983, President Reagan watched the movie War Games, in which a teenager unwittingly ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Henry James

    The Imagination of Genius, A Biography

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    A stunning biography of the magisterial author behind The Portrait of a Lady and The AmbassadorsHenry James is an absorbing portrait of one of the most complex and influential nineteenth-century American writers. Fred Kaplan examines James's brilliant and troubled family—from his brother, a famous psychologist, to his sister, who fought with mental illness—and charts its influence on the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Lincoln

    The Biography of a Writer

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    "A fine, invaluable book. . . . It is always instructive to study Lincoln, but now is a particularly good time to consider his devotion to words." —Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book WorldFor Abraham Lincoln, whether he was composing love letters, speeches, or legal arguments, words mattered. In Lincoln, acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan explores the life of America's 16th president ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    Lincoln and the Abolitionists

    John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    Narrado por Paul Heitsch ...

    Completo

    14 hora 10 minutos

    The acclaimed biographer, with a thought-provoking exploration of how Abraham Lincoln’s and John Quincy Adams’ experiences with slavery and race shaped their differing viewpoints, provides both perceptive insights into these two great presidents and a revealing perspective on race relations in modern America.Lincoln, who in afterlife became mythologized as the Great Emancipator, was shaped by the ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • John Quincy Adams

    American Visionary

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    "One of the finest biographies of a sadly underrated man . . . [Kaplan is] a master historian and biographer" (Carol Berkin, Washington Post).In this fresh and illuminating biography, Fred Kaplan brings into focus the dramatic life of John Quincy Adams—the little-known and much-misunderstood sixth president of the United States and the first son of John and Abigail Adams. In doing so, he reveals ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Dickens

    A Biography

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    The engaging biography of one of the most celebrated and enduring authors of Western literatureCharles Dickens grew up in harsh poverty and became one of the world's most beloved authors. Biographer Fred Kaplan takes a brilliant, multifaceted approach in his examination of Dickens's life: his fraught marriage and relationships; the ever-present effects of his humble beginnings; his extensive, but ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • 1959

    The Year Everything Changed

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    Acclaimed national security columnist and noted cultural critic Fred Kaplan looks past the 1960s to the year that really changed AmericaWhile 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 ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Wizards of Armageddon

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    Series series Stanford Nuclear Age Series
    This is the untold story of the small group of men who have devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use the Bomb. The book (first published in 1983) explores the secret world of these strategists of the nuclear age and brings to light a chapter in American political and military history never before revealed. ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Dark Territory

    The Secret History of Cyber War

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    Narrado por Malcolm Hillgartner ...

    Completo

    9 hora 2 minutos

    As cyber-attacks dominate front-page news, as hackers join the list of global threats, and as top generals warn of a coming cyber war, few books are more timely and enlightening than Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Slate columnist and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Fred Kaplan.Kaplan probes the inner corridors of the National Security Agency, the beyond-top-secret cyber units ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • His Masterly Pen

    A Biography of Jefferson the Writer

    de Fred Kaplan ...
    As he did for Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams, award-winning biographer Fred Kaplan offers a fresh, illuminating look at the life of Thomas Jefferson and his contributions as a writer.In this unique biography, Fred Kaplan emphasizes Thomas Jefferson’s genius with language and his ability to use the power of words to inspire and shape a nation. A man renowned for many talents, writing was one ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD