The acclaimed, bestselling author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors now delivers a riveting, character-focused narrative of the United States Navy\'s bloodiest, most pivotal campaign of World War II. -- The Washington Times. simply superb. . . a compelling narrative of naval combat . . . -- Booklist (starred review) Brilliant .
The author\'s narrative gifts and excellent choice of detail give an almost Homeric quality to the men who met on the sea in steel titans. . . -- The Dallas Morning News Outstanding .
Neptune\'s Inferno is solid proof he deserves to be there. thrust him into the major leagues of American military history writers. . .
Frank, World War II The author\'s two previous World War II books . --Richard B. the masterwork on the long-neglected topic of World War II\'s surface ship combat. . . --Ronald Spector, The Wall Street Journal Superlative storytelling . extremely readable, comprehensive and thoroughly researched. . .
Praise for Neptune\'s Inferno Vivid and engaging .
The first major work on this subject in almost two decades, Neptune\'s Inferno does what all great battle narratives do: It tells the gripping human stories behind the momentous events and critical decisions that altered the course of history and shaped so many lives.
Working from new interviews with survivors, unpublished eyewitness accounts, and newly available documents, Hornfischer paints a vivid picture of the officers and enlisted men who opposed the Japanese in America\'s hour of need.
Here, in stunning cinematic detail, are the seven major naval actions that began in August 1942, a time when the war seemed unwinnable and America fought on a shoestring, with the outcome always in doubt.
Hornfischer tells for the first time the full story of the men who fought in destroyers, cruisers, and battleships in the narrow, deadly waters of Ironbottom Sound.
Now, with his powerful portrait of the Navy\'s sacrifice, James D.
James D.] Hornfischer deftly captures the essence of the most pivotal naval campaign of the Pacific war.-- San Antonio Express-News The Battle of Guadalcanal has long been heralded as a Marine victory. . . definitive works about the battle for Guadalcanal . . .
A literary tour de force that is destined to become one of the .
The acclaimed, bestselling author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors now delivers a riveting, character-focused narrative of the United States Navy\'s bloodiest, most pivotal campaign of World War II
