Ronald H. Spector

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Ronald H. Spector (* 1943 ) is an American military and naval historian. He is Professor of History and International Relations at George Washington University .

Spector graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's degree and Yale University , where he received his PhD. From 1967 to 1969 he was with the Marine Corps (and also 1983/84). He was the first civilian director of the Naval History and Heritage Command of the US Navy (1986-1989) and the Naval Historical Center in Washington, DC Before teaching at George Washington University, he was at Louisiana State University , the University of Alabama and Princeton University .

Spector deals with the US war against Japan in World War II , specifically the Naval War, the Vietnam War, and the immediate post-war period in East Asia. He was visiting professor in India and Israel (as a Fulbright Lecturer), at the National War College and at Keiō University in Japan . In 2005/06 he held the Harold Keith Johnson Chair of Military History at the US Army Military History Institute .

In 2012 he received the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize .

Fonts (selection)

  • At War At Sea: Sailors and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century, Viking 2001 (received the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award)
  • In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia, Random House 2007
  • Professors of War: The Naval War College and the Development of the Naval Profession, Naval War College Press, Washington DC 2005
  • After Tet : The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam, New York: Free Press 1993
  • United States Army in Vietnam. Advice and support: the early years, 1941-1960, Washington DC 1983 (Center for Military History)
  • Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan, New York: Free Press 1985 (received the Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Prize for Naval History)
  • Admiral of the new empire: the life and career of George Dewey , Louisiana State University Press 1974
  • Researching the Vietnam experience, US Center for Military History, Washington DC 1984

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SURNAME Spector, Ronald H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American military and naval historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1943