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Morning Star, Midnight Sun

By Jeffrey Cox

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Morning Star, Midnight Sun

By Jeffrey Cox

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A comprehensive and dramatic re-telling of the Guadalcanal and Solomons naval campaign - the daring Allied offensive to protect Australia and the South Pacific from Japanese invasion. Following the disastrous Java Sea campaign, the Allies went on the offensive in the Pacific in a desperate attempt to halt the Japanese forces that were rampaging across the region. With the conquest of Australia a very real possibility, the stakes were high. Their target: the Japanese-held Solomon Islands, in particular the southern island of Guadalcanal. Hamstrung by arcane pre-war thinking and a bureaucratic mind-set, the US Navy had to adapt on the fly in order to compete with the mighty Imperial Japanese Navy, whose ingenuity and creativity thus far had fostered the creation of its Pacific empire. Starting with the amphibious assault on Savo Island, the campaign turned into an attritional struggle where the evenly matched foes sought to grind out a victory. Following on from his hugely successful book Rising Sun, Falling Skies, Jeffrey R. Cox tells the gripping story of the first Allied offensive of the Pacific War, as they sought to prevent Japan from cutting off Australia and regaining dominance in the Pacific.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
448
Release Date:
2019-02-21
Publication Date:
2019-02-19
Publisher:
Bloomsbury USA
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1472826426
ISBN13:
9781472826428
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
619 g
Height:
154 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
38 cm
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