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Book

Neptune's inferno : the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

Call Number

  • 940.5426 H8162 (OSH)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : Bantam Books, c2011.

Physical Description

xxii, 516 p. ; 25 cm.

Summary

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.

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