Jeffrey Cox

Devil's Fire, Southern Cross

The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, October 1943-February 1944

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Produktbeschreibung

A fast-paced and absorbing read of the final months of the crucial Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign during the Pacific War by esteemed World War II historian Jeffrey Cox.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury USA
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 153mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781472864482
• ISBN-10: 1472864484
• Artikelnr.: 71554996

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey R. Cox is a litigation attorney and an independent military historian. A student of history, international affairs and defense policy for most of his life, his first book was the critically acclaimed Rising Star, Falling Skies (2014) about the Java Sea Campaign. This was followed by three successful volumes on the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign: Morning Star, Midnight Sun (2018), Blazing Star, Setting Sun (2020) and Dark Waters, Starry Skies (2022). He resides in Indianapolis.

Inhaltsangabe

[Subject to confirmation]
Prologue
I. Walls Closing In
II. From Pestilence to Cartwheel
III. Strategic Ambiguity
IV. The Devil's Furnace Room
V. "Japan will topple if Bougainville falls"
VI. "The entire mobile surface and air strength of the Combined Fleet"
VII. "Guadalcanal ... Minus All the Mistakes"
VIII. "The Almost Perfect Action"
IX. Remember the Alamo ... Force
X. Cartwheel Constrictor
XI. Anti-Climax
Epilogue: Japanese War Crimes
Index