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Very good in Very good jacket. xiv, [2], 234 pages. Includes List of Maps, Acknowledgments, Introduction, List of Abbreviations, and Notes, Sources, and Index. Also includes Appendix A. --Awards to the American Officers and Men Participating in the Battle of Guadalcanal; Appendix B--American Ships Names in Honor of the Battle of Guadalcanal; Appendix C--Damage to U.S. Ships during the Battle; Appendix D--Damage to Japanese Ships; Appendix E--Statistics on Encounters between Heavy Cruisers and Battleships in World War II. Also includes chapters on Deadlock; Convoys to Cactus; Air Raid; Evening; The Opponents; Contact; "Commence Firing"; Atlanta's Agony; "Get the Big Ones First"; "You Can't Fight Battleships with Tin Cans"; Destroyer Duels; Untangling; Abandon Ship; The Cripples; Morning: Bobolink to the Rescue; "We've Got to Sink It"; Final Tragedy; and Aftermath. Also includes 14 black and white maps in the text, as well as 21 black and white photographs. The author spent his professional career as a military reservist, historian, and a teacher of history. This is the author's first major publication. It is the culmination of nearly thirty years' extensive research interviewing veterans, examining records, and exploring government archives in the United States and Japan. While the focus is on the details of the actual battle, the book also covers the planning on both sides that led to the action and the missions of the American and Japanese tank forces. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped primary sources, including the vivid personal recollections of about 200 Japanese and American survivors, the author describes the events of this famous battle from deck level and from both sides. While the focus is on the details of the actual battle, he also covers the planning on both sides that led to the action and the missions of the American and Japanese task forces, as well as the roles played by intelligence, the weather, and the air forces.
