03050nam 2200637Ia 450 991045816860332120200520144314.01-299-05284-31-60344-455-6(CKB)2560000000056219(EBL)3037849(SSID)ssj0000531092(PQKBManifestationID)11364244(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000531092(PQKBWorkID)10583613(PQKB)10263560(MiAaPQ)EBC3037849(OCoLC)702137135(MdBmJHUP)muse1108(Au-PeEL)EBL3037849(CaPaEBR)ebr10436027(CaONFJC)MIL436534(OCoLC)923700409(EXLCZ)99256000000005621920070404d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHell's islands[electronic resource] the untold story of Guadalcanal /Stanley Coleman Jersey ; foreword by Edward W. Snedeker1st ed.College Station Texas A&M University Pressc20081 online resource (537 p.)Texas A & M University military history series ;111Description based upon print version of record.1-58544-616-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""Texas A & M University military history series ;111.World War, 1939-1945CampaignsSolomon IslandsGuadalcanalGuadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)History, MilitaryElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945CampaignsGuadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.940.54/265933Jersey Stanley Coleman1921-1030105MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458168603321Hell's islands2446876UNINA