Hell's islands : the untold story of Guadalcanal / Stanley Coleman Jersey ; foreword by Edward W. Snedeker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jersey, Stanley Coleman, 1921-

Series:

Texas A & M University military history series ; 111.

Texas A & M University military history series ; 111

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands--Guadalcanal.

World War, 1939-1945.

Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.

Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)--History, Military.

Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands).

Physical Description:

xx, 514 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2008]

Contents:

1 The Eve of World War II 1

2 The Enemy at the Doorstep 16

3 Flying Before the Storm 35

4 The Japanese in the Southern Solomons, May-August 1942 54

5 Preparing for Battle 83

6 The Early Air War 98

7 Day One, Guadalcanal 113

8 Day One: Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo 123

9 Day Two: Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo 164

10 Guadalcanal: Hanging On 186

11 Bloody September 219

12 Black October 248

13 A River Too Far 294

14 War in the Outer Islands 313

15 The U.S. Army Takes Over 342

16 The Ke-go Operation 384

Appendix 1 Telegram to U.S. Navy Forces, 4 August 1942 405

Appendix 2 Japanese Naval Forces in the Southern Solomons 407

Appendix 3 The Japanese 2nd Infantry Division 413

Appendix 4 The Japanese Seventeenth Army Group 419.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [471]-482) and index.

ISBN:

9781585446162

1585446165

OCLC:

122526828