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Author:

Hornfischer, James D.

Title:

Neptune's inferno : the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal / James D. Hornfischer.

Edition:

Bantam Books trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Bantam Books,

Copyright Date:

2012, c2011

Description:

xx, 516 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
United States.--Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945.
United States.--Navy--Biography.
Veterans--United States--Interviews.
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943--Personal narratives, American.
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.
United States.--Navy--History.
United States.--Navy--Biography.
Veterans--United States--Interviews.
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943--Personal narratives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-489) and index.

Summary:

Traces the history of the US Navy's quest to control the seaways of the Solomon Islands during the Pacific War, chronicling the seven major naval actions in which the men who fought in the destroyers, cruisers, and battleships against the Japanese managed to achieve victory for the United States.

Indexed by:

Library Journal, March 2011
Booklist starred, December 2010
Publisher's Weekly, December 2010

ISBN:

0553385127
9780553385120 (pbk.)

Locations:

MFPA463 -- Bode Public Library (Bode) — 978

VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

ZKPC437 -- Logan Public Library (Logan)