Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
Richard B. Frank. Penguin Books, $22 (816pp) ISBN 978-0-14-016561-6
New translations of Japanese accounts, recently declassified documents and strategies and tactics of both sides inform this record of America's first major offensive of the Pacific war. According to PW , ``This highly readable rendering of the critical campaign in the Pacific is first-rate military history.'' Illustrated. (Jan.)
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Reviewed on: 01/01/1992
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 800 pages - 978-0-394-58875-9