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Fred Kaplan

Fred Kaplan is Slate’s national security columnist and the author, most recently, of The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War. He was the Boston Globe’s Moscow Bureau Chief from 1992 to 1995. (April 2022)

‘A Bridge Too Far’

Even the most ardent advocates of NATO expansion after the implosion of the USSR realized that it had limits—and one of those limits was Ukraine.

Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post–Cold War Stalemate

by M.E. Sarotte

April 7, 2022 issue

Why Did We Invade Iraq?

The most complete account we are likely to get of the deceptions and duplicities that led to war leaves some crucial mysteries unsolved.

To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq

by Robert Draper

July 22, 2021 issue

The Defeat of General Mattis

As Clemenceau said, “War is too important to be left to the generals.” So is running the Department of Defense.

Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

by Jim Mattis and Bing West

Holding the Line: Inside Trump’s Pentagon with Secretary Mattis

by Guy M. Snodgrass

November 21, 2019 issue

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