Philip Kaplan

Author of One Last Look: Sentimental Journey to the Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Bases of World War II in England

55+ Works 884 Members 17 Reviews

About the Author

Philip Kaplan has written several books on the lives of fighting men in World War II. Five of these, The Few, Little Friends (with Andy Saunders), Round The Clock (with Jack Currie), Fighter Pilot and Bombers, were devoted to the experiences of aircrew. Together with Jack Currie he has also written show more two classic accounts of warfare at sea, Wolfpack and Convoy. He is of American birth but lives in Cheltenham, UK. show less

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Works by Philip Kaplan

The Few: Summer 1940, The Battle of Britain (1989) 70 copies

Fighter Pilot: A History and a Celebration (1999) 45 copies

Round the Clock (1993) 39 copies

Wolfpack: U-Boats at War, 1939-1945 (1997) 38 copies

Convoy: Merchant Sailors at War 1939-1945 (1998) 35 copies

Little Friends: The Fighter Pilot Experience in WWII England (1991) 35 copies

Grey Wolves: The U-Boat War 1939–1945 (2013) 33 copies

Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain Remembered (1989) 30 copies

Night in Tehran (2020) 29 copies

Fly Navy: Naval Aviators and Carrier Aviation, a History (2001) 27 copies

Bombers (2000) 24 copies

Posers; 80 delightful hurdles for reasonably agile minds (1963) 19 copies

In A Class Of Your Own: Essential Strategies for the new K-6 Teacher (2018) 16 copies

Chariots of Fire: Tanks and Tank Crews (2003) 16 copies

Night and Day Bomber Offensive: Allied Airmen in World World II Europe (Pen and Sword Large Format Aviation Books) (2006) 16 copies

The Best, Worst & Most Unusual: Hollywood Musicals (1983) 15 copies

Fighter Aces of the RAF in the Battle of Britain (2007) 14 copies

MUSTANG THE INSPIRATION: The Plane That Turned the Tide in World War Two (2013) 14 copies

With Wings As Eagles: The Eighth Air Force in World War II (2017) 14 copies

U-Boat Prey: Merchant Sailors at War, 1939-1942 (Images of War) (2014) 14 copies

‘Sailor’ Malan: Battle Of Britain Legend: Adolph G. Malan (2013) 13 copies

Fighter aces of the Luftwaffe in World War II (2007) 13 copies

World War Two at Sea: The Last Battleships (Images of War) (2014) 13 copies

Naval Aviation in the Second World War (Images of War) (2013) 12 copies

Run Silent (2002) 12 copies

Battleship (2004) 12 copies

Battleships: The First Big Guns: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) (2014) 12 copies

Puzzle Me This (1968) 11 copies

The Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Blitz (Images of War) (2013) 11 copies

Allied Bombing Raids: Hitting Back at the Heart of Germany (Images of War) (2014) 10 copies

Rolling Thunder: A Century of Tank Warfare (2013) 9 copies

The Bomber Aircrew Experience: Dealing Out Punishment from the Air (2016) 9 copies

Two-Man Air Force: Don Gentile & John Godfrey: World War Two Flying Aces (2006) 9 copies

Hitler's D-day defences (2017) 8 copies

Combined Round the Clock Bombing Offensive: Attacking Nazi Germany (Images of War) (2015) 8 copies

The Few: Fight for the Skies (Images of War) (2015) 8 copies

Big Wings: The Largest Aeroplanes Ever Built: The Largest Aircraft Ever Built (2005) 8 copies

Silent Service: Submarine Warfare from World War II to the Present—An Illustrated and Oral History (2015) 8 copies

Naval Air : Celebrating a Century of Naval Flying (2013) 8 copies

Building for Battle: U-Boat Pens of the Atlantic Battle (2018) 7 copies

The Few: Preparation for the Battle of Britain: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) (2014) 7 copies

More Posers (1964) 7 copies

Battleships: WW II Evolution of the Big Guns (Images of War) (2015) 7 copies

The spitfire an icon of the skies (2017) 6 copies

Spitfire: The One (2008) 5 copies

Merchant Sailors at War 1943-1945: Beating the U-Boat: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) (2015) 5 copies

Legend: The Story of the DC-3/C-47 Dakota (2009) 4 copies

Behind the Wire : Allied Prisoners of War in Hitler's Germany (2012) 3 copies

The bird farm : carrier aviation and naval aviators a history and celebration (2015) 3 copies

Escort Pilot: Guarding the American Bombers Over Europe in World War II (2017) 2 copies

High Fliers: Airmen of Achievement in Wartime (2018) 2 copies

Mind and Muscle: Fitness For All of You (1995) 2 copies

A Transport Revolution, SKYTRAIN 1 copy

Tank : heavy metal at war (2016) 1 copy

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Associated Works

A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) (2014) — Contributor — 11 copies

Oikistes: Studies in Constitutions, Colonies, and Military Power in the Ancient World offered in Honor of A.J. Graham — Contributor — 1 copy

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Grey Wolves: The U-Boat War 1939-1945 by Philip Kaplan

I may be a bit harsh here but this is such a Quilt Of A(n) (Audio)Book. Grey Wolves, ineptly and quite undeservedly subtitled The U-Boot War 1939-1945 is a mongrel work built of disparate parts; the only thing cohesive about it is maybe its glue and spine, if you are reading the book which I’m not.
That is how irrelevant a rather large part of the writer’s work is to the title and proposed subject matter of the book.

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nitrolpost | 1 other review | Mar 19, 2024 |

Night in Tehran by Philip Kaplan

Ever wonder what happened to the Shah of Iran, and the revolution and how a nobody cleric ended up making America look a scared child?
Read this book.
Yes I know it is fiction but it isn’t. It reads like a nonfiction book- after all it was written by a career diplomat, he just chose to write it as fiction with some interesting characters thrown in.
Excellent book.

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zmagic69 | 3 other reviews | Mar 31, 2023 |

Night in Tehran by Philip Kaplan

Interesting interpretation of what happened during the hostage ordeal in Iran in 1979. Keeping all the characters straight is a bit challenging but worth the effort.

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addunn3 | 3 other reviews | Jan 15, 2023 |