Tom Shachtman (born 1942) is an American author, journalist, filmmaker, and educator. He has published more than thirty books across a variety of topics, including histories, biographies, and books for children. He lives in
Connecticut.
Decade of Shocks: Dallas to Watergate, 1963–1974 (1983,
Poseidon Press)
The FBI-KGB War: A Special Agent's Story, with Robert J. Lamphere (1986,
Random House)
The Gilded Leaf: Triumph, Tragedy, and Tobacco: Three Generations of the R. J. Reynolds Family and Fortune, with
Patrick Reynolds (1989,
Little, Brown)
Straight to the Top: Beyond Loyalty, Gamesmanship, Mentors, and Other Corporate Myths, with Paul G. Stern (1990,
Warner Books)
Image by Design: From Corporate Vision to Business Reality, with Clive Chajet (1991,
Addison-Wesley)
Skyscraper Dreams: The Great Real Estate Dynasties of New York (1991, Little, Brown)
Torpedoed: An American Businessman's True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Imprisonment in Russia, and the Battle to Set Him Free, with Edmond D. Pope (2001, Little, Brown)
I Seek My Brethren: Ralph Goldman and "The Joint": The Work of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (2001,
Newmarket Press)
Terrors and Marvels: How Science and Technology Changed the Character and outcome of World War II (2002, William Morrow)
25 to Life: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth, with
Leslie Crocker Snyder (2002, Warner Books)
Dead Center: Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office, with Shiya Ribowsky (2006, Regan)
Airlift to America: How Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African Students Changed Their World and Ours (2009, St. Martin's Press)
The Forty Years War: The Rise and Fall of the Neocons, from Nixon to Obama, with Len Colodny (2010, Harper)
Building Tall: My Life and the Invention of Construction Management: A Memoir, with John L. Tishman (2010, University of Michigan Press)
American Iconoclast: The Life and Times of Eric Hoffer (2011, Hopewell)
Gentlemen Scientists and Revolutionaries: The Founding Fathers in the Age of Enlightenment (2014,
Palgrave Macmillan)
How The French Saved America: Soldiers, Sailors, Diplomats, Louis XVI, and The Success of a Revolution (2017,
Palgrave Macmillan)
The Founding Fortunes: How the Wealthy Paid for and Profited from America's Revolution (2020, St. Martin's Press)
Books for Children
Growing Up Masai (1981, Macmillan)
The Birdman of St. Petersburg: Ralph T. Heath, Jr. (1982, Macmillan)
Parade!, with photographs by Chuck Saaf (1985, Macmillan)
America's Birthday: The Fourth of July, with photographs by Chuck Saaf (1986, Macmillan)
Tom Shachtman (born 1942) is an American author, journalist, filmmaker, and educator. He has published more than thirty books across a variety of topics, including histories, biographies, and books for children. He lives in
Connecticut.
Decade of Shocks: Dallas to Watergate, 1963–1974 (1983,
Poseidon Press)
The FBI-KGB War: A Special Agent's Story, with Robert J. Lamphere (1986,
Random House)
The Gilded Leaf: Triumph, Tragedy, and Tobacco: Three Generations of the R. J. Reynolds Family and Fortune, with
Patrick Reynolds (1989,
Little, Brown)
Straight to the Top: Beyond Loyalty, Gamesmanship, Mentors, and Other Corporate Myths, with Paul G. Stern (1990,
Warner Books)
Image by Design: From Corporate Vision to Business Reality, with Clive Chajet (1991,
Addison-Wesley)
Skyscraper Dreams: The Great Real Estate Dynasties of New York (1991, Little, Brown)
Torpedoed: An American Businessman's True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Imprisonment in Russia, and the Battle to Set Him Free, with Edmond D. Pope (2001, Little, Brown)
I Seek My Brethren: Ralph Goldman and "The Joint": The Work of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (2001,
Newmarket Press)
Terrors and Marvels: How Science and Technology Changed the Character and outcome of World War II (2002, William Morrow)
25 to Life: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth, with
Leslie Crocker Snyder (2002, Warner Books)
Dead Center: Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office, with Shiya Ribowsky (2006, Regan)
Airlift to America: How Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African Students Changed Their World and Ours (2009, St. Martin's Press)
The Forty Years War: The Rise and Fall of the Neocons, from Nixon to Obama, with Len Colodny (2010, Harper)
Building Tall: My Life and the Invention of Construction Management: A Memoir, with John L. Tishman (2010, University of Michigan Press)
American Iconoclast: The Life and Times of Eric Hoffer (2011, Hopewell)
Gentlemen Scientists and Revolutionaries: The Founding Fathers in the Age of Enlightenment (2014,
Palgrave Macmillan)
How The French Saved America: Soldiers, Sailors, Diplomats, Louis XVI, and The Success of a Revolution (2017,
Palgrave Macmillan)
The Founding Fortunes: How the Wealthy Paid for and Profited from America's Revolution (2020, St. Martin's Press)
Books for Children
Growing Up Masai (1981, Macmillan)
The Birdman of St. Petersburg: Ralph T. Heath, Jr. (1982, Macmillan)
Parade!, with photographs by Chuck Saaf (1985, Macmillan)
America's Birthday: The Fourth of July, with photographs by Chuck Saaf (1986, Macmillan)