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.
Series
Books
Eagle Against the Sun
The American War with Japan
1985
In the Ruins of Empire
The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia
2007
Advice and Support
The Early Years, 1941-1960
1983
A Continent Erupts
Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955
2022
After Tet
The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam
1992
At War at Sea
Sailors and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century
2001
