GUADALCANAL: THE CARRIER BATTLES — The Pivotal Aircraft Carrier Battles of the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz
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Characteristics
| ISBN-10 | 0-517-56608-7 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( round back binding ) |
| Special Features | • Dust jacket |
| Condition | Like NEW |
| Author(s) | Eric Hammel |
| Publisher | Crown Publishers, Inc. |
| Number of pages | 506 |
| Published date | 1987 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 16 x 23.5 x 4 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION NAVALE • SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE • AVIATION MILITAIRE |
Description
There have been only five carrier versus carrier battles in history. All of them were fought between the United States and Japan. In Guadalcanal: The Carrier Battles, Eric Hammel has written the first full-volume treatment of the pivotal aircraft carrier battles of the Guadalcanal campaign: the battle of the Eastern Solomons and the battle of Santa Cruz.
After Midway, the U.S. Navy was determined to prove that this "incredible victory" could be followed up by winning other full-scale naval air confrontations. Eric Hammel vividly imparts the urgency of these two desperate battles in which both sides risked their surviving carrier forces to determine the future course of the Pacific War.
Hammel has brilliantly blended the detailed historical narrative of these battles with the personal accounts of many of the airmen and sailors, creating an engrossing narrative of the strategy and struggle as seen by both sides. The personal recollections of more than a hundred participants bring to life such high points of the battles as the dramatic loss of carriers Hornet and Wasp. We also relive the grim reality of the early Pacific War through Hammel's portrayal of that American generation at war.
This is the second in a series of independent books by Eric Hammel that will focus on the Guadalcanal campaign.