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Carrier Strike - The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October 1942

By: Zenith Press

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Zenith Press)

Last Stocked on 9/24/2014

Product Info

Title
Carrier Strike - The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October 1942
Publisher
Category
Author
Eric Hammel
Publish Year
2004
Pages
410
Dimensions
9x11x.75"
NKG Part #
2147532437
Type
Softcover

Description

It was a Japanese victory-but it spelled the end for Japan in the war at sea. In Carrier Strike, critically acclaimed military historian Eric Hammel gives a blow-by-blow, edge-of-your-seat account of this crucial naval battle-a turning point in the bitter Guadalcanal Campaign. Drawing on American and Japanese battle reports and the recollections of aviators and seamen who were there, Hammel recreates World War II's fourth - and last - carrier versus carrier battle, the battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942. Written in the heart-stopping style that Hammel's readers have come to expect, Carrier Strike offers the only up-to-date, up-close, in-depth look at the battle that cost Japan any hope of winning the war in the Pacific.