About the Author

Ronald H. Spector is a professor of history and international relations at George Washington University. He was a distinguished professor of strategy at the National War College in Washington, D.C., and a guest professor at Kyoto University at Tokyo. Spector served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and is the author of six books, including Eagle Against the Sun- The American War with Japan, a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. He and his wife live in Annandale, Virginia.