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Guadalcanal Hardcover – 1 Nov. 1990

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A battlefield history of the pivotal World War II campaign at Guadalcanal draws on Japanese Defense Agency accounts and recently declassified U.S. radio intelligence to recreate the six month air, land, and sea battle

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Inc; 1st edition (1 Nov. 1990)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 800 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0394588754
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0394588759
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.51 x 6.99 x 24.13 cm
  • Customer reviews:
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Richard B. Frank is a graduate of the University of Missouri (1969) and Georgetown University Law Center (1976). He served in the Vietnam War with the 101st Airborne Divisions as an aero rifle platoon leader. He is an independent scholar specializing in the Asia-Pacific War. In 1990, he published his first book Guadalcanal. It won the General Wallace M. Greene, Jr. Award for the best book about Marine Corps history that year. His second work, Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire, appeared in 1999. It won the Harry S. Truman Book Award and has been called one of the six best books in English about World War II by Dr. Gerhard Weinberg. Both Random House books became main selections of the History Book Club. In 2007, he completed MacArthur as part of the Palgrave Great Generals series.

Besides his numerous appearances on television and radio, he was a consultant for the epic HBO miniseries, “The Pacific.” He serves on the Board of Presidential Councilors of the U.S. National World War II Museum, including a term as head of that body. He is the principal historical consultant for the museum’s major exhibit titled “The Road to Tokyo.” He is currently working on a narrative history trilogy covering the entire Asia-Pacific War 1937-1945 for W.W. Norton & company. It is the first work in any language to give balanced coverage to not only the maritime war between Japan and the US, but also the continental conflict that ranged across Asia. It further explores how this war shaped the world of the twenty-first century. The first volume of the trilogy, Tower of Skulls, covering the period July 1937 to May 1942, will be published on March 3, 2020. It has received starred reviews in both Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 August 2018
I knew nothing about this episode of WW2, now understand how important the battle in the South Pacific was to defeating Japan. Well told history.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 November 2016
A very fine account, of this strategically critical campaign.
Well written, clearly thoroughly researched and highly readable. Frank succeeds in examine both sides performance, and materiel ( etc) equally well. Five stars without question.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 May 2013
superb book, well written, well researched, heavy with empathy. really enjoyable. i found the maps hard to follow for the land campaign but that's nitpicking. the treatment of land, air and sea are all impeccable. also recommend Neptune's INferno as a good companion piece
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2015
A good history of the action on Guadalcanal.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 September 2017
Great book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2013
It is difficult to talk sometimes about a book: when it is perfect. and this is the case.
Indeed the book gives the best account of all the battles (sea, air , land) that had been in the South Pacific, connected to the Island of Guadalcanal, describing very carefully all their phases, and giving a hugely detailed account of all the losses of both sides (including the reason for the loss), so you will live all this long campaign as if you were there.
The book contains a deep analysis of the personalities of all the protagonists of both sides, You can , in this way, understand perfectly the reason of their actions.
If you want to listen the final word about this decisive battle, you can't miss this book.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 March 2007
As the author writes, the Battle of Midway halted the flow of the Japanese tide. At Guadalcanal that tide started its inexorable ebb. A superb scholarly account of the campaign that considers the broader strategic context, the logistical demands, the personalities on both the US and Japanese sides, and the battles. It also offers an insight into the lives of the ordinary sailors, airmen, soldiers and Marines of both sides. Bought this book while visiting Pearl Harbour in 1995 and have not yet found a better account.
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H. D. D.
5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the best WWII Pacific book I've ever read.
Reviewed in the United States on 26 June 2024
This book covers the entire Guadalcanal campaign; air, sea and land. It's extremely well written, in my opinion, and full of details. Initially, I was only interested in the naval details around Guadalcanal, but I found the rest of the book just as interesting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate book on Guadalcanal
Reviewed in Canada on 11 September 2022
The amount of research that went into this book is absolutely staggering. Whatever you could ever want to know about the conflict is covered in this book. It’s a massive read but so interesting.
Mukund Vora
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in India on 16 September 2017
Excellent.... Great details and superbly researched... Definitely recommended
Ken
5.0 out of 5 stars As advertised
Reviewed in Germany on 8 March 2016
The book was long in coming but it was as advertised, very high like new quality. I will not grade down because I have to wait longer than I hoped.
S.M.
4.0 out of 5 stars Une somme sur la bataille décisive de la guerre du Pacifique
Reviewed in France on 11 September 2011
La bataille de Guadalcanal, dont l'importance est souvent méconnue au regard de Midway, est pourtant, sans doute, la bataille décisive de la guerre du Pacifique. L'ouvrage de Richard B. Frank -qui se présente, non sans prétention, comme le livre définitif sur la question !- expose ainsi cet affrontement de près de 6 mois, récemment évoqué d'ailleurs dans la minisérie de HBO, The Pacific. Frank, vétéran du Viêtnam, juriste, est aussi un historien militaire

Dans cette campagne de six mois (août 1942-février 1943), les Japonais perdent à la fois le coeur de leur puissance aéronavale, à savoir leurs équipages surentraînés, mais aussi leur mythe d'invincibilité dans le combat de jungle. Frank combine dans son récit, en effet, une lecture à la fois terrestre, navale et aérienne de la campagne, ce qui n'avait, jusqu'à son époque, pas été fait de manière simultanée. Il bénéficie aussi de l'accès à de nouvelles archives japonaises. Dans ses jugements, Frank se montre relativement clément envers certains amiraux américains comme Fletcher, qui a été très critiqué pour avoir retiré ses porte-avions deux jours après le début du débarquement, laissant ainsi les Marines sans couverture. En revanche, il reproche à l'amiral Callaghan d'être à l'origine de la mort de l'amiral Scott pendant la bataille navale au large de Guadalcanal dans la nuit du 13 novembre 1942, en raison d'un tir fratricide.

L'atout majeur du livre de Frank, basé sur un travail de recherche considérable, est de montrer combien Guadalcanal est véritablement le tournant de la guerre du Pacifique. Surpris par une offensive à laquelle ils ne s'attendaient pas, les Japonais ont désespérément tenté de reprendre l'île, qui sera bientôt baptisée par les soldats nippons "l'île de la désolation". Ce faisant, ils ont subi des pertes en matériel et surtout en hommes qu'ils ne pouvaient se permettre. En tenant Henderson Field et en empêchant les Japonais de mener à bien une contre-offensive d'envergure, sur terre, sur mer et dans les airs, les Américains l'ont emporté et ont reconquis une initiative qu'ils ne lâcheront désormais presque plus dans le Pacifique.

Une somme qui est absolument à lire pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent à cette campagne, illustrée par un imposant livret photo central et une pléthore de cartes. En revanche, il est dommage que les sources ne soient pas récapitulées dans une bibliographie complète en fin de volume.
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