Title:
Neptune's inferno : the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal / James D. Hornfischer.
Author:
Hornfischer, James D., author.
Publication Information:
New York : Bantam Books, 2012
©2011
Call Number:
D767.98 .H67 2012
Abstract:
Draws on interviews with veterans and primary sources to present a narrative account of the pivotal World War II campaign, chronicling the three-month effort to gain control of Guadalcanal as a battle that taught the U.S. Navy and Marines new approaches to warfare.
Edition:
Bantam Books trade paperback. edition.
ISBN:
9780553385120
Physical Description:
xxii, 516 pages, 32 unnumbered pagese of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Eighty-two ships -- Sea of troubles -- Fighting fleet rising -- Storm tide -- The thundering.
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