Blazing Star, Setting Sun

The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942–March 1943

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Blazing Star, Setting Sun

The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942–March 1943

Description

A masterful account of a vital four months in the bloody battle for the Pacific, giving fresh insights into the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign, a key turning point in both the Pacific Theater and the wider Second World War.

From popular Pacific Theater expert Jeffrey R. Cox comes this insightful new history of the critical Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign at the height of World War II. His previous book, Morning Star, Rising Sun, found the US Navy at its absolute nadir with the fate of the Enterprise, the last operational US aircraft carrier at this point in the war, unknown. This new volume completes the history of this crucial campaign, combining detailed research with a novelist's flair for the dramatic to reveal exactly how, despite missteps and misfortunes, the tide of war finally turned. By the end of February 1944, thanks to hard-fought and costly American victories in the first and second naval battles of Guadalcanal, the battle of Empress Augusta Bay, and the battle of Cape St George, the Japanese would no longer hold the materiel or skilled manpower advantage. From this point on, although the war was still a long way from being won, the American star was unquestionably on the ascendant, slowly, but surely, edging Japanese imperialism towards its sunset.

Jeffrey Cox's analysis and attention to detail of even the smallest events are second to none. But what truly sets this book apart is how he combines this microscopic attention to detail, often unearthing new facts along the way, with an engaging style that transports the reader to the heart of the story, bringing the events on the deep blue of the Pacific vividly to life.

Table of Contents

List of Maps
Prologue: Rumblings
1. The Storms before the Storm
2. Barfight in the Dark
3. The Morning After
4. The Reckoning Begins
5. Just When You Think
6. Delay, Linger, and Wait
7. Turn Around and Advance
8. Pappy's Folly
Epilogue: Previews
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published Jun 08 2021
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 512
ISBN 9781472840479
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 16 page b&w plate section
Dimensions 234 x 153 mm
Series General Military
Short code GNM
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Jeffrey Cox

Jeffrey R. Cox is a litigation attorney and an ind…

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