Description
"Brilliant...an enormous work based on the most meticulous research."--LA Times Book Review
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.
Author: Richard B. Frank
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 01/01/1992
Pages: 848
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.81lbs
Size: 9.31h x 6.10w x 1.27d
ISBN13: 9780140165616
ISBN10: 0140165614
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
- History | Modern | 20th Century | General
- History | Military | Strategy
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.
Author: Richard B. Frank
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 01/01/1992
Pages: 848
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.81lbs
Size: 9.31h x 6.10w x 1.27d
ISBN13: 9780140165616
ISBN10: 0140165614
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
- History | Modern | 20th Century | General
- History | Military | Strategy
About the Author
Richard B. Frank was born in Kansas in 1947. He served for almost four years in the United States Army, including a tour of duty in Vietnam as an aerorifle platoon leader with the 101st Airborne Division. He is the author of Guadalcanal.