Neptune's Inferno by James D Hornfischer
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . From the acclaimed author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors comes a "vivid and engaging" (The Wall Street Journal) account of the deadliest, most pivotal naval campaign of the Pacific war- Guadalcanal."A literary tour de force that is destined to become one of the . . . definitive works about the battle for Guadalcanal."-San Antonio Express-News
The Battle of Guadalcanal has long been heralded as a Marine victory. Now, with his powerful portrait of the Navy's sacrifice, James D. Hornfischer tells for the first time the full story of the men who fought in destroyers, cruisers, and battleships in the narrow, deadly waters of "Ironbottom Sound." Here, in stunning cinematic detail, are the seven major naval actions that began in August 1942, a time when the war seemed unwinnable and America fought on a shoestring, with the outcome always in doubt. Working from interviews with survivors, unpublished eyewitness accounts, and previously unavailable documents, Hornfischer paints a vivid picture of the officers and enlisted men who opposed the Japanese in America's hour of need.
Neptune's Inferno does what all great battle narratives do- It tells the gripping human stories behind the momentous events and critical decisions that altered the course of history and shaped so many lives.
Hornfischer is the New York Times bestselling author of Neptune's Inferno, Ship of Ghosts, and The Final Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, which earned the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for Navy Fiction. Two of his widely praised books about the United States are During World War II, the United States Navy made selections. The reading list for the Navy's professional personnel. He is a graduate of Colgate University and the University of Texas at Austin, and he lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children. This is an excerpt from the Hardcover edition.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780553385120 |
| ISBN 10 | 0553385127 |
| Title | Neptune's Inferno |
| Author | James D Hornfischer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Presidio Press |
| Year published | 2012-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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