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Summary:

Draws on interviews with veterans and primary sources to present a narrative account of the pivotal World War II campaign, chronicling the three-month effort to gain control of Guadalcanal as a battle that taught the U.S. Navy and Marines new approaches to warfare.

Table of Contents:

• Eighty-two ships
• Sea of troubles
• Fighting fleet rising
• Storm tide
• The thundering.

Author/Creator:

Hornfischer, James D.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Neptune's inferno: the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal [by Hornfischer, J.D.]

Subjects:

Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943

World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, American

United States Navy — History — World War, 1939-1945

United States Navy — Biography

Veterans — United States — Interviews

Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 — Personal narratives, American

United States Navy

World War (1939-1945)

Battle of Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands : 1942-1943)

1939-1945

Veterans

Military operations, Naval — American

Solomon Islands

United States

Genres:

History

Interviews

Personal narratives — American

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-489] and index.
Map on endpapers.

Physical Description:

xxii, 516 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Call Numbers:

D767.98 .H665 2011

ISBNs:

9780553806700 (hbk, alk. paper)
055380670X

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2010027231

OCLC Numbers:

613432356