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Autore |
Jersey Stanley Coleman <1921-> |
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Hell's islands [[electronic resource] ] : the untold story of Guadalcanal / / Stanley Coleman Jersey ; foreword by Edward W. Snedeker |
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College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2008 |
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1-299-05284-3 |
1-60344-455-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (537 p.) |
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Collana |
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Texas A & M University military history series ; ; 111 |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Solomon Islands - Guadalcanal |
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 |
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Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) History, Military |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Hell�s Islands""; ""1 The Eve of World War II""; ""2 The Enemy at the Doorstep""; ""3 Flying Before the Storm""; ""4 The Japanese in the Southern Solomons, May�August 1942""; ""5 Preparing for Battle""; ""6 The Early Air War""; ""7 Day One, Guadalcanal""; ""8 Day One: Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo""; ""9 Day Two: Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo""; ""10 Guadalcanal: Hanging On""; ""11 Bloody September""; ""12 Black October""; ""13 A River Too Far""; ""14 War in the Outer Islands"" |
""15 The U.S. Army Takes Over""""16 The Ke-go Operation""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendix 1 Telegram to U.S. Navy Forces, 4 August 1942""; ""Appendix 2 Japanese Naval Forces in the Southern Solomons""; ""Appendix 3 Japanese 2nd Infantry Division""; ""Appendix 4 The Japanese Seventeenth Army Group""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Special Acknowledgments""; ""Index"" |
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