In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia

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, includingEagle 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. From the Hardcover edition.Spector, Ronald is the author of 'In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia', published 2008 under ISBN 9780812967326 and ISBN 0812967321.