Full name: Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle

Author: Richard B. Frank Year: 1990 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, War/Military, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780140165616 0140165614

The battle at Guadalcanal--which began eight months to the day after Pearl Harbor--marked the first American offensive of World War II. It was a brutal six-month campaign that cost the lives of some 7,000 Americans and over 30,000 Japanese.This volume, ten years in the writing, recounts the full story of the critical campaign for Guadalcanal and is based on first-time translations of official Japanese Defense Agency accounts and recently declassified U.S. radio intelligence, "Guadalcanal" recreates the battle--on land, at sea, and in the air--as never before: it examines the feelings of both American and Japanese soldiers, the strategies and conflicts of their commanders, and the strengths and weaknesses of various fighting units. Similar books: Downfall by Richard B. Frank Neptune's Inferno by James D. Hornfischer Ardennes 1944 by Antony Beevor Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis The Burma Road by Donovan Webster Given Up for Dead by Bill Sloan The Second World War by John Keegan Midway by Mitsuo Fuchida Sea of Thunder by Evan Thomas The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose A Blood-Dimmed Tide by Gerald Astor The Second World Wars by Victor Davis Hanson The Phantom Major by Virginia Cowles Why The Allies Won by Richard Overy Blood, Tears and Folly by Len Deighton Strong Men Armed by Robert Leckie 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall