Ronald H Spector

Biographic Data

ID681963
NAMERonald H Spector
GIVEN NAMESRonald H
FAMILY NAMESpector
SIGNATURESPECTOR R H
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS24
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT24
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1976
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
H-INDEX1

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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…

  • Eagle Against the Sun. The American War With Japan

    John H Boyle, Ronald H SpectorARTICLEPacific Affairs1986

  • 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

    D Chandler, David P Chandler et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1985

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

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

  • United States Army in Vietnam: Advice and Support: The Early Years, 1941-1960

    Robert A Doughty, Ronald Spector et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1984

    Journal Article United States Army in Vietnam: Advice and Support: The Early Years, 1941–1960. By Ronald H. Spector. (Washington: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1983. xx + 391 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, table, notes, bibliographical note, and index. Cloth, $18.00; paper, $11.00.) Get access Robert A. Doughty Robert A. Doughty United States Military Academy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Sch…

  • United States Army in Vietnam. Vol. I: Advice and Support: The Early Years, 1941-1960

    Gaddis Smith, Ronald Spector et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1984

  • A Yankee Guerrillero: Frederick Funston and The Cuban Insurrection, 1896-1897

    Ronald Spector, Ronald H Spector et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1976

    Journal Article A Yankee Guerrillero: Frederick Funston and The Cuban Insurrection, 1896–1897. By Thomas W. Crouch. (Memphis: Memphis State University Press, 1975. viii + 165 pp. Map, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $8.95.) Get access Ronald H. Spector Ronald H. Spector Center of Military History Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 63, Issue 3, December 1976, …