Ronald Spector

Biographic Data

ID328482
NAMERonald Spector
GIVEN NAMESRonald
FAMILY NAMESpector
SIGNATURESPECTOR R
AFFILIATIONSGeorge Washington University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS37
TOTAL CITATIONS19
AUTHOR COUNT37
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
H-INDEX2

  • Phat Diem: Nationalism, Religion, and Identity in the Franco-Viet Minh War

    Ronald SpectorARTICLEJournal of Cold War Studies2013References: 2

    The wars of postcolonial Asia, although often viewed by U.S. officials as struggles between Communist and non-Communist forces or between colonial powers and independence movements, were in fact far more complex and ambiguous in nature. The conflicts displayed some of the characteristics of civil war, brigandage, and ethnic, regional, and religious warfare. This article exams the experience of Phat Diem, a predominantly Catholic enclave in northe…

  • Rarely Out of the Sound of Gunfire: Asia in the Wake of World War II

    Ronald SpectorARTICLEDiplomatic History2010

    Journal Article Rarely Out of the Sound of Gunfire: Asia in the Wake of World War II Get access Gallicchio Marc. The Scramble for Asia: U.S. Military Power in the Aftermath of the Pacific War. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008. xiv + 209pp. Notes, bibliography, illustrations, index. $34.95 (cloth). Ronald Spector Ronald Spector Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Diplomatic History, Volume 34, Issue 5, …

  • Teetering on the Brink of Respectability

    Ronald Spector, R H SpectorARTICLEJournal of American History2007

    Journal Article Teetering on the Brink of Respectability Get access Ronald H. Spector Ronald H. Spector professor of history at George Washington University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 93, Issue 4, March 2007, Pages 1158–1160, https://doi.org/10.2307/25094603 Published: 01 March 2007

  • Select Bibliography

    Open AccessRana Behal, P Prabhu et al.ARTICLEInternational Review of Social…2006References: 16

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  • At War at Sea: Sailors and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century

    Barry M Gough, Barry Gough et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Military History2002

  • The Oxford Companion to American Military History

    Brian Holden Reid, John Whiteclay Chambers et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2001

    Journal Article The Oxford Companion to American Military History. Ed. by John Whiteclay Chambers II, Fred Anderson, Lynn Eden, Joseph T. Glat-thaar, Ronald H. Spector, and G. Kurt Piehler. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. xxxiv, 916 pp. $60.00, ISBN 0-19-507198-0.) Get access Brian Holden Reid Brian Holden Reid Kings College, London, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American His…

  • Spies and Commandos: How America Lost the Secret War in North Vietnam

    Ronald Spector, Kenneth Conboy et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2001

    When the Pentagon Papers first appeared in U.S. newspapers in 1969, both the most significant and widereaching revelations and the most g rotesque and ludicrous of them were seen to concern covert operations in Vietnam. The important revelations related to South Vietnam's secret maritime raids against the North, organized and supported by the United States. These raids helped to precipitate the Tonkin Gulf incident. The less momentous but more co…

  • At War at Sea: Sailors and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century

    Eliot A Cohen, Ronald Spector et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs2001

  • Guerrilla Diplomacy: The NLF's Foreign Relations and the Viet Nam War

    Ronald Spector, Ronald H Spector et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2000

    Journal Article Guerrilla Diplomacy: The NLF's Foreign Relations and the Viet Nam War. By Robert K. Brigham. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1999. xx, 215 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-8014-3317-7.) Get access Ronald H. Spector Ronald H. Spector George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, December 2000, Pages 1121–1122, https://doi…

  • After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

    Eliot A Cohen, Ronald Spector et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1994Cited by: 1

  • World War II at Sea: A Bibliography of Sources in English, 1974-1989

    Ronald Spector, Myron J SmithARTICLEJournal of American History1991

    World War II at Sea: A Bibliography of Sources in English, 1974–1989. By Myron J. Smith, Jr. (Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1990. x + 304 pp. $32.50.) Get access Ronald Spector Ronald Spector George Washington University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 4, March 1991, Pages 1482–1483, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078458 Published: 01 March 1991

  • Listening to the Enemy: Key Documents on the Role of Communications Intelligence in the War with Japan

    Carl Boyd, Ronald Spector et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1990

  • An Improbable Success Story: Official Military Histories in the Twentieth Century

    Ronald Spector, Ronald H SpectorARTICLEThe Public Historian1990Cited by: 1References: 2

    IN CONSIDERING THE problems and promises of officially sponsored military histories, I cannot resist alluding to a session held at an annual meeting of the American Historical Association a little more than twenty years ago where Leonard Krieger, in a brilliant and insightful comment, observed that governmental (official) military is suspect on three counts. It is contemporary which is a doubtful dimension of it is official which is a suspect kin…

  • "John Paul Vann and the End of "Informal Empire

    Ronald Spector, Ronald H SpectorARTICLEDiplomatic History1989

    One peculiar aspect of the historiography of the Vietnam War, if indeed it can be said to have one, is that most of the important and influential books have been written by journalists and former participants. David Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest, Don Oberdorfer's TET, Michael Herr's Dispatches, Frances FitzGerald's Fire in the Lake, Stanley Karnow's Vietnam: A History, and Arnold Isaacs's Without Honor are not only the works most widely…

  • An Annotated Bibliography of U.S. Marine Corps History

    Ronald Spector, Ronald H Spector et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1988

    Journal Article An Annotated Bibliography of U.S. Marine Corps History. Comp. by Paolo E. Coletta. (Lanham: University Press of America, 1986. xiii + 417 pp. $37.50.) Get access Ronald H. Spector Ronald H. Spector Naval Historical Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 4, March 1988, Page 1425, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894542 Published: 01 March 1988

  • In the Nam" and "Back in the World: American and Vietnamese Sources on the Vietnam War

    Ronald Spector, Ronald H SpectorARTICLEJournal of American History1988

    Journal Article “In the Nam” and “Back in the World”: American and Vietnamese Sources on the Vietnam War Get access Ronald H. Spector Ronald H. Spector director of the Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C., and serves as historian of the United States Navy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 1, June 1988, Pages 209–214, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889668 Publish…

  • U.S. Army Strategy in the Vietnam War

    Ronald Spector, Ronald H Spector et al.ARTICLEInternational Security1987

  • The Volatility of Japanese-American Relations

    Open AccessMichael S Sherry, Michael Sherry et al.ARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1987

  • La guerre du Pacifique, 1941-1945

    Claude Levy, Ronald Spector et al.ARTICLEVingtième Siècle Revue d histoire1987

  • Does Intelligence Make Any Difference

    Ronald Spector, Ronald H Spector et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1986

  • The First Vietnam War

    Ronald Spector, Ronald H Spector et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1986

    Journal Article The First Vietnam War. By Peter M. Dunn. (New York: St. Martin's, 1985. xvi + 392 pp. Maps, illustrations, table, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $29.95.) Get access Ronald H. Spector Ronald H. Spector University of Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 1, June 1986, Pages 243–244, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903713 Published: 01 June…

  • Official--Yet Critical--History

    Russell F Weigley, Ronald Spector et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1985Cited by: 1

  • Too Narrow a Perspective

    H P Willmott, Ronald Spector et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1985

  • Eagle against the Sun: The American War with Japan

    Clark G Reynolds, Ronald Spector et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1985

    Journal Article Eagle against the Sun: The American War with Japan. By Ronald H. Spector. (New York: Free Press, 1985. xvi + 589 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliographic note, and index. $24.95.) Get access Clark G. Reynolds Clark G. Reynolds Charleston, S.C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 72, Issue 3, December 1985, Pages 728–729, https://doi.org/10.2307/1904380 P…

  • Advice and Support: The Early Years, 1941-1960

    George C Herring, Ronald Spector et al.ARTICLEThe American Historical Review1984