Frederic Spotts (born February 2, 1930) is an American former diplomat and cultural historian. He was educated in Swarthmore College, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Oxford University.

Works

  • Spotts, Frederic (1973). The Churches and Politics in Germany. Wesleyan University Press.
  • Spotts, Frederic, and Wieser, Theodor (1986). Italy: a Difficult Democracy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-30451-1 (With an Ettore Scola's cover Illustration).
  • Spotts, Frederic (1994). Bayreuth: A History of the Wagner Festival. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-06665-4.
  • Spotts, Frederic (2003). Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics. Pimlico. ISBN 978-0-7126-6788-3.
  • Spotts, Frederic (2008). The Shameful Peace: How French Artists & Intellectuals Survived the Nazi Occupation. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14237-2.
  • Spotts, Frederic (2016). Cursed Legacy: The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-22097-1.