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Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War
Written by Robert Leckie
Narrated by Kevin Foley
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
From the Japanese soldiers' carefully calculated-and ultimately foiled-attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to the tireless efforts of the Americans who struggled against a tenacious adversary and the temperature and terrain of the island itself, Robert Leckie captures the loneliness, the agony, and the heat of twenty-four-hour-a-day fighting on Guadalcanal. Combatants from both sides are brought to life: General Archer Vandegrift, who first assembled an amphibious strike force; Isoruku Yamamoto, the naval general whose innovative strategy was tested; the island-born Allied scout Jacob Vouza, who survived hideous torture to uncover the enemy's plans; and Saburo Sakai, the ace flier who shot down American planes with astonishing ease.
Propelling the Allies to eventual victory, Guadalcanal was truly the turning point of the war. Challenge for the Pacific is an unparalleled, authoritative account of this great fight that forever changed our world.
Propelling the Allies to eventual victory, Guadalcanal was truly the turning point of the war. Challenge for the Pacific is an unparalleled, authoritative account of this great fight that forever changed our world.
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Reviews for Challenge for the Pacific
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great book for anyone interested in World War II history. However, listening to the audiobook was kinda hard as it jumps around in place. One sentence will refer to some guys on a sand dune and then next sentence will be some palm tree guys, or commanders, or boats. I think it would be much easier to follow reading the book. I listened to the book twice and the second time went much better..Essentially it is the minute by minute account of the main battle for Guadalcanal - also, the author details the regular life and/or background of some of the US and Japanese forces. I don't understand how the author got down to the level of things that the men said, but he does include that. Anyway, this is a highly detailed book and if you like more general overviews this is not the book for you.Leckie has written some other books but I think this was his best book (until I find something better... it's possible).