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 Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 166mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 750g
• 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

List of Illustrations
Maps
Prologue
1. Caldera of Damocles
2. "Japan Will Topple If Bougainville Falls"
3. Mirror, Mirror
4. Bloody Tuesday
5. A Second Pearl Harbor in Reverse
6. A Close Margin Between Victory and Disaster
7. "Guadalcanal - Minus Most of the Errors"
8. An Almost Perfect Action
9. Ring Around Rabaul
10. Anticlimax
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

Cox has a knack for blending solid archival research with a narrative pace that makes these events feel immediate and alive. This is history written with confidence and readability...