Eric Hammel, Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

The Cactus Air Force

Air War Over Guadalcanal

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts, this vivid narrative brings to life the struggle in the air over the island of Guadalcanal between August 20 and November 15, 1942.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9781472851086
• ISBN-10: 1472851080
• Artikelnr.: 67836478

Autorenporträt

Eric Hammel and Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Inhaltsangabe

CHAPTER 1: BEFORE
January 4
July 31, 1942 CHAPTER 2: RXI
May 25
August 6, 1942 CHAPTER 3: HEAVY BOMBERS
June 10
August 6, 1942 CHAPTER 4: HELPLESS
August 7
August 20, 1942 CHAPTER 5: THE CAVALRY ARRIVES
August 20, 1942 CHAPTER 6: FIRST CONTACTS
August 21
August 25, 1942 CHAPTER 7: EARLY DAYS
August 26
September 4 CHAPTER 8: EDSON'S RIDGE
September 1
September 13, 1942 CHAPTER 9: GROWING INTO THE JOB
August 30
September 15, 1942 CHAPTER 10: DECISIONS
September 1942 CHAPTER 11: TIT FOR TAT
September 15
30, 1942 CHAPTER 12: NIMITZ
September 1942 CHAPTER 13: STORMY WEATHER
October 1
11, 1942 CHAPTER 14: THE NAVAL BATTLE OF CAPE ESPERANCE
October 12, 1942 CHAPTER 15: CRISIS
October 13
15, 1942 CHAPTER 16: RELIEF
October 16
18, 1942 CHAPTER 17: DOG DAYS
October 19
23, 1942 CHAPTER 18: THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME
October 23
30, 1942 CHAPTER 19: BACKS TO THE WALL
November 1
14, 1942

Rezensionen

Hammel and Cleaver have once more brought Guadalcanal front and center. Theirs is a harrowing tale of unpreparedness, intelligence and leadership failures, of learning hard lessons in the furious crucible of war, of sacrifice and loss, of great courage, and, ultimately, of a great victory secured at a fearsome cost.