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Neptune's Inferno, The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

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In this compelling work, Hornfischer explores what he regards as the most critical naval campaign of the Pacific War — the fight for Guadalcanal (August 1942–February 1943). He shifts the spotlight from the much-celebrated Marine landings to the ferocious and decisive naval struggle in the waters of “Ironbottom Sound,” where destroyers, cruisers and battleships fought in seven major surface actions.

The US Navy entered the campaign under-prepared for the demands of combined amphibious, air and surface operations, and ill-equipped to meet an enemy that excelled in night fighting and surface-ship warfare.

Hornfischer draws on interviews with veterans, unpublished eyewitness accounts and newly available documents to provide vivid portraits of both officers and enlisted men—men who endured ferocious combat, heavy losses and climate of uncertainty.

In chronicling this “training-ground” campaign, the book shows how the Navy learned critical lessons in night operations, radar integration, surface-fleet logistics and combined arms coordination—lessons that influenced the remainder of the Pacific War.

Ultimately, Hornfischer argues that the survival and ultimate success of Allied operations on Guadalcanal owed as much to the Navy’s willingness to fight toe-to-toe with Japan’s surface fleet as to the land fighting on the island itself. This narrative reveals the human cost of that fight: in some battles three American sailors died at sea for every man who fell ashore.

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No. Panggil

940.54\'265933-Hor-n

Penerbit

New York : Bantam Books., 2011

Deskripsi Fisik

516 hal, 15,5 x 23 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-553-80670-0

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Bab I Sea of Troubles

Bab II Fighting Fleet Rising

Bab III Storm Tide

Bab IV The Thundering

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