Challenge for the Pacific : Guadalcanal, the turning point of the war /
From Japan's carefully calculated -- and ultimately foiled -- attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to the tireless efforts of the Americans who struggled against a tenacious adversary and the temperature and terrain of the island itself, Robert Leckie captures the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks,
2010.
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| Edition: | Bantam books trade paperback edition. |
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| Summary: | From Japan's carefully calculated -- and ultimately foiled -- attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to the tireless efforts of the Americans who struggled against a tenacious adversary and the temperature and terrain of the island itself, Robert Leckie captures the loneliness, the agony, and the heat of twenty-four-hour-a-day fighting on Guadalcanal. Combatants from both sides are brought to life: General Archer Vandegrift, who first assembled an amphibious strike force; Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval general whose innovative strategy was tested; the island-born Allied scout Jacob Vouza, who survived hideous torture to uncover the enemy's plans; and Saburo Sakai, the ace flier who shot down American planes with astonishing ease. Propelling the Allies to eventual victory, Guadalcanal was truly the turning point of the war. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 442 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-420) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780553386912 0553386913 |