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Bezig met laden... Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War (1965)door Robert Leckie
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 2287 Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal--The Turning Point of the War, by Robert Leckie (read 22 Apr 1990) This is a 1965 book and it is an engrossing account. It is a popularized account, but is well-done and stirring. Leckie himself was on Guadalcanal and tells his personal story in his book Helmet for My Pillow, [which I read after reading this book]. This book tells the story from August 1942 till the Marines left in Dec 1942, and it is told with Leckie's customary gusto. It was a terrific battle. 1042 Marines died and 550 soldiers died during that period. This was a good book to read: one should periodically read things about World War II, even though I lived through it as a high schooler. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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From the Japanese soldiers' carefully calculated-and ultimately foiled-attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to the tireless efforts of the Americans who struggled against a tenacious adversary and the temperature and terrain of the island itself, Robert Leckie captures the loneliness, the agony, and the heat of twenty-four-hour-a-day fighting on Guadalcanal. Combatants from both sides are brought to life: General Archer Vandegrift, who first assembled an amphibious strike force; Isoruku Yamamoto, the naval general whose innovative strategy was tested; the island-born Allied scout Jacob Vouza, who survived hideous torture to uncover the enemy's plans; and Saburo Sakai, the ace flier who shot down American planes with astonishing ease. Propelling the Allies to eventual victory, Guadalcanal was truly the turning point of the war. Challenge for the Pacific is an unparalleled, authoritative account of this great fight that forever changed our world. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Essentially it is the minute by minute account of the main battle for Guadalcanal - also, the author details the regular life and/or background of some of the US and Japanese forces. I don't understand how the author got down to the level of things that the men said, but he does include that. Anyway, this is a highly detailed book and if you like more general overviews this is not the book for you.
Leckie has written some other books but I think this was his best book (until I find something better... it's possible). ( )