Guadalcanal: The Carrier Battles - Carrier Operations in the Solomons, August-October 1942 - Hardcover

Hammel, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517566087 ISBN 13: 9780517566084

Publisher: Crown, 1987

Synopsis

Stated first edition with the full number line present. A Near Fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. Some dust soiling to the edges of the book's page block. The dust jacket is tanned at its spine, the inside flaps, and at the panels' edges. Mild rubs to the jacket's corners and along the head of its spine.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

The second volume of Hammel's Guadalcanal trilogy, this covers two relatively unknown carrier confrontations in the South Pacific in 1942: the battle of Santa Cruz, a technical victory for the Japanese, and the battle of the Eastern Solomons, a draw. Although most of the tight narrative is concerned with tactical operations, Hammel keeps the strategic goals of both sides in clear view. By the end of the book, it is also obvious why he argues that the battle of Midway, widely regarded as the beginning of the end for the Japanese, should be replaced as such in World War II annals by the Marine landing on Guadalcanal. The book includes informative sections on the development of aircraft carriers, the difference between American and Japanese fighter doctrine (plus appraisals of opposing hardware), the effect of a momentarily "defeatist attitude" by the U.S. command which led to a crisis in the land campaign on Guadalcanal, and a bold reappraisal of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander in chief of the Combined Fleet, whom the author calls one of the most overrated characters in modern military history. Photos.
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From Library Journal:

Volume 2 of Hammel's Guadalcanal trilogy is even better than his previous book ( Guadalcanal: Starvation Island ). While that work focused on a land battle, this one concentrates on the desperate air-sea battle of the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz islands. There have only been five carrier versus carrier battles in naval history; Coral Sea, Midway, and the Marianas have been criticized and analyzed many times. The battles treated here have until now been neglected. Hammel begins his study with a useful discussion of the development of U.S. and Japanese carriers, aircraft, pilot training, weapons, etc. Hammel does not write dry history. His battle sequences are masterfully portrayed. Essential for World War II collections, along with volume 1. Stanley Itkin, Hillside P.L., New Hyde Park, N.Y.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0517566087
• ISBN 13: 9780517566084
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 505