Understanding the war in Ukraine with Fred Kaplan Columnist for Slate.com

The thread of Fred Kaplan’s long career as a stellar Journalist has culminated in the last twenty years as the WAR STORIES Correspondent for Slate.com. It seems war is a topic for a lifetime career, and now in the year 2022, the war in Ukraine has no end in sight. Kaplan, besides being a Pulitzer Prize winning Defense Correspondent, is the author of six books, displaying his deep knowledge of the military issues that surround us. His latest book is, THE BOMB: Presidents, Generals and the Secret History of Nuclear War. He comes to this podcast episode with a keen assessment of how and why the war in Ukraine came about and where it is today. Looking at the geopolitical and historical perspective between Russia and the Ukrainian area, he is also able to draw upon a career highlight as the Boston Globe Bureau Chief in Moscow for three years. No one has a crystal ball and as Fred Kaplan explains, it is hard to know when the end of the war will come and what that will mean. In a global world, war or peace sends ripples far and wide.