The Resource Neptune's inferno : the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, James D. Hornfischer
Neptune's inferno : the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, James D. Hornfischer
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- Summary
- Draws on interviews with veterans and primary sources to present a narrative account of the pivotal World War II campaign, chronicling the three-month effort to gain control of Guadalcanal as a battle that taught the U.S. Navy and Marines new approaches to warfare
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 516 pages, [32] pages of plates
- Note
- Map on endpapers
- Contents
-
- Eighty-two ships
- Sea of troubles. Trip wire ; A great gray fleet ; The first D-day ; Nothing worthy of Your Majesty's attention ; Fly the carriers ; A captain in the fog ; The martyring of task group 62.6 ; Burning in the rain
- Fighting fleet rising. A new kind of fight ; The Tokyo express ; A function at the junction ; What they were built for ; The warriors ; The devil may care ; The visit ; Night of a new moon ; Pulling the trigger ; "Pour it to 'em"
- Storm tide. All hell's eve ; The weight of war ; Enter fighting ; "Strike
- repeat, strike" ; Santa Cruz ; Secret history ; Turner's choice ; Suicide ; Black Friday ; Into the light ; The killing salvo ; Death in the machine age ; Point blank ; Among the shadows ; Atlanta burning ; Cruiser in the sky ; Regardless of losses
- The thundering. The giants ride ; The gun club ; The kind of men who win a war ; On the spot ; The futility of learning ; Future rising ; Report and echo ; The opinion of convening authority ; Ironbottom sound
- Label
- Neptune's inferno : the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
- Title
- Neptune's inferno
- Title remainder
- the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
- Statement of responsibility
- James D. Hornfischer
- Subject
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- United States, Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- 1939 - 1945
- United States, Navy
- Personal narratives -- American
- World War (1939-1945)
- Solomon Islands -- Guadalcanal
- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
- History
- Veterans -- United States -- Interviews
- Solomon Islands
- Guadalcanal, Battle of (Solomon Islands : 1942-1943)
- United States, Navy -- Biography
- Interviews
- Veterans
- Military history
- Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands | Guadalcanal
- United States
- Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 -- Personal narratives, American
- Military operations, Naval -- American
- Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) -- History, Military
- Military campaigns
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Draws on interviews with veterans and primary sources to present a narrative account of the pivotal World War II campaign, chronicling the three-month effort to gain control of Guadalcanal as a battle that taught the U.S. Navy and Marines new approaches to warfare
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hornfischer, James D
- Dewey number
- 940.54/265933
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D767.98
- LC item number
- .H665 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- United States
- United States
- Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Veterans
- Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943
- Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
- United States
- Guadalcanal, Battle of (Solomon Islands : 1942-1943)
- World War (1939-1945)
- Military campaigns
- Military operations, Naval
- Veterans
- Solomon Islands
- Solomon Islands
- United States
- Label
- Neptune's inferno : the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, James D. Hornfischer
- Note
- Map on endpapers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-489 and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Eighty-two ships -- Sea of troubles. Trip wire ; A great gray fleet ; The first D-day ; Nothing worthy of Your Majesty's attention ; Fly the carriers ; A captain in the fog ; The martyring of task group 62.6 ; Burning in the rain -- Fighting fleet rising. A new kind of fight ; The Tokyo express ; A function at the junction ; What they were built for ; The warriors ; The devil may care ; The visit ; Night of a new moon ; Pulling the trigger ; "Pour it to 'em" -- Storm tide. All hell's eve ; The weight of war ; Enter fighting ; "Strike -- repeat, strike" ; Santa Cruz ; Secret history ; Turner's choice ; Suicide ; Black Friday ; Into the light ; The killing salvo ; Death in the machine age ; Point blank ; Among the shadows ; Atlanta burning ; Cruiser in the sky ; Regardless of losses -- The thundering. The giants ride ; The gun club ; The kind of men who win a war ; On the spot ; The futility of learning ; Future rising ; Report and echo ; The opinion of convening authority ; Ironbottom sound
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 516 pages, [32] pages of plates
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)701906397
- Label
- Neptune's inferno : the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, James D. Hornfischer
- Note
- Map on endpapers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-489 and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Eighty-two ships -- Sea of troubles. Trip wire ; A great gray fleet ; The first D-day ; Nothing worthy of Your Majesty's attention ; Fly the carriers ; A captain in the fog ; The martyring of task group 62.6 ; Burning in the rain -- Fighting fleet rising. A new kind of fight ; The Tokyo express ; A function at the junction ; What they were built for ; The warriors ; The devil may care ; The visit ; Night of a new moon ; Pulling the trigger ; "Pour it to 'em" -- Storm tide. All hell's eve ; The weight of war ; Enter fighting ; "Strike -- repeat, strike" ; Santa Cruz ; Secret history ; Turner's choice ; Suicide ; Black Friday ; Into the light ; The killing salvo ; Death in the machine age ; Point blank ; Among the shadows ; Atlanta burning ; Cruiser in the sky ; Regardless of losses -- The thundering. The giants ride ; The gun club ; The kind of men who win a war ; On the spot ; The futility of learning ; Future rising ; Report and echo ; The opinion of convening authority ; Ironbottom sound
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 516 pages, [32] pages of plates
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)701906397
Subject
- 1939 - 1945
- Biography
- Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) -- History, Military
- Guadalcanal, Battle of (Solomon Islands : 1942-1943)
- Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943
- Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 -- Personal narratives, American
- History
- Interviews
- Military campaigns
- Military history
- Military operations, Naval -- American
- Personal narratives -- American
- Solomon Islands
- Solomon Islands -- Guadalcanal
- United States
- United States, Navy
- United States, Navy -- Biography
- United States, Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- Veterans
- Veterans -- United States -- Interviews
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands | Guadalcanal
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
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