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Ronald H. Spector

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in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The United States

January 17, 1943

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Military History, Nonfiction

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Professor Spector received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins and his MA and Ph.D. from Yale.
He has served in various government positions and on active duty in the Marine Corps from 1967-1969 and 1983-1984, and was the first civilian to become Director of Naval History and the head of the Naval Historical Center. He has served on the faculties of LSU, Alabama and Princeton and has been a senior Fulbright lecturer in India and Israel. In 1995-1996 he was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Strategy at the National War College and was the Distinguished Guest Professor at Keio University, Tokyo in 2000.

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	Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan 4.08 avg rating — 2,643 ratings — published 1985 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In The Ruins Of Empire: The Japanese Surrender And The Battle For Postwar Asia 3.82 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 2007 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955 4.05 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At War at Sea: Sailors and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century 3.86 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam 3.75 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Advice and Support: The Early Years, 1941-1960 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1983 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Admiral of the New Empire: The Life and Career of George Dewey really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Professors of War: The Naval War College and the Development of the Naval Profession 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	U.S. Marines in Grenada 1983 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Advice and Support: The Early Years, 1941-1960, Part 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“what proved to be an accurate assessment of the coming Dutch-Indonesian conflict, Kennedy concluded that “a fully equipped Dutch division could probably penetrate Java and proceed to wherever it wished to go” but that “immediately after the army had passed a given point the revolution would close in behind it.”16”
― Ronald H. Spector, A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955

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― Ronald H. Spector, Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan

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