Ronald H. Spector
Author of Eagle against the Sun
About the Author
Ronald H. Spector is a professor of history and international relations at George Washington University.
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Works by Ronald H. Spector
A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945–1955 (2022) 59 copies
Advice and Support: The Early Years of the United States Army in Vietnam, 1941-1960 (1983) 56 copies
Professors of War : The Naval War College and the Development of the Naval Profession (1977) 7 copies
Associated Works
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1989 (1988) — Author "A Very Long Night at Cam Lo" — 27 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1995 (1995) — Author "In Review: "In the grip of an unshakable petulance"" — 18 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1989 (1989) — Author "In Review: Passage to Jutland" — 15 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1990 (1990) — Author "In Review: A Ph.D. in Fire Support?" — 13 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1998 (1998) — Author "Navy for Rent" — 13 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1991 (1990) — Author "The First Battles of the Falklands" — 11 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1993 (1993) — Author "The Evacuation of Kham Duc" — 11 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1994 (1993) — Author "Le Musée de la Marine" — 9 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2001 (2001) — Author "The Strategic View: The Invergordon Mutiny" — 8 copies
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- Legal name
- Spector, Ronald Harvey
- Birthdate
- 1943-01-17
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- Annandale, Virginia, USA
- Education
- Johns Hopkins University (BA)
Yale University (MA ∙ PhD) - Occupations
- historian
military historian
professor
political scientist
marine - Organizations
- George Washington University (Professor of History and International Affairs)
United States Navy (Director of Naval History)
United States Marine Corps
Louisiana State University
University of Alabama
Princeton University - Awards and honors
- Samuel Eliot Morison Prize
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Statistics
- Works
- 15
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 2,136
- Popularity
- #12,045
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 25
- ISBNs
- 53
- Languages
- 2
- Favorited
- 1
Spector skillfully takes us from top-secret strategy meetings in Washington, London, and Tokyo to distant beaches and remote Asian jungles with battle-weary GIs. He reveals that the US had secret plans to wage unrestricted submarine warfare against Japan months before Pearl Harbor and shows that MacArthur and his commanders ignored important intercepts of Japanese messages that would have saved thousands of lives in Papua and Leyte. Throughout, Spector contends that American decisions in the Pacific War were shaped more often by the struggles between the British and the Americans, and between the Army and the Navy, than by strategic considerations. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Eagle-Against-the-Sun/Ronald-H-Spector/97...
Spector vividly recreates the major battles, little-known campaigns, and unfamiliar events leading up to the deadliest air raid ever, adding a new dimension to our understanding of the American war in the Pacific and the people and forces that determined its outcome.
A historian at the Army Center for Military History, Spector concentrates on the problem of command in the Southern Pacific theaters, the rivalries between the various U.S. armed services and the problem of allocating resources. PW praised his ability to ""show how even the most efficiently run campaigns unfold against a background of violent dispute.'' https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780394741017… (more)