David E. Kaplan (author)

For other people with the same name, see David Kaplan (disambiguation).

David E. Kaplan
Born	1955 (age 68–69) U.S.
Occupation	Investigative journalist

David E. Kaplan (born 1955) is an investigative reporter and former director of the Center for Public Integrity's International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.^[1] Before this post, he worked for the American newsweekly U.S. News & World Report.

Works

David E. Kaplan commonly writes about terrorism, organized crime, and intelligence. He is co-author of Yakuza (University of California Press, 2003).

Kaplan is also co-author of The Cult at the End of the World, on the Aum doomsday sect behind the 1995 nerve gassing of Tokyo's subway (Crown, 1996); and author of Fires of the Dragon, on the life and murder of Taiwanese-American journalist Henry Liu.

Books

• Cult at the End of the World: The Terrifying Story of the Aum Doomsday Cult, from the Subways of Tokyo to the Nuclear Arsenals of Russia. New York: Crown Publishers (1996). ISBN 0517705435.
• Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld, Expanded Edition, with Alec Debro. Berkeley: University of California Press (2003). ISBN 0520215621.

References

1. "David E. Kaplan Named New Director of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-02-26.

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