Morning Star, Midnight Sun
The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August-October 1942
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 Soloman 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…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-2639-8
- EAN: 9781472826398
- Produktnummer: 25855860
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 468 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 15'664 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: Non-illustrated with 3 mono plate sections
Über den Autor
Jeffrey R. Cox is a litigation attorney and an independent military historian specializing in World War II, ancient Greece, and ancient Rome. His first interest was in the Pacific War, which he has studied for more than 30 years. A student of history, international affairs, and defense policy for most of his life, Cox holds a degree in National Security Policy Studies from The Ohio State University and a doctorate of jurisprudence from Indiana University School of Law. He is a contributor to Military History Online (www.militaryhistoryonline.com). His first book, Rising Sun, Falling Skies, about the disastrous Java Sea campaign was published to great acclaim in March 2014. He resides in Indianapolis, IN.
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