Table of Contents

Photographs
Maps, Tables, and Drawing
Introduction
Prologue
Collision Course
The Southern Solomons
Tokyo Reacts
Control of the Sea
Guadalcanal Ends
The Central Solomons--New Georgia
The By-Pass Strategy Arrives--Vella Lavella
The Northern Solomons--Bougainville
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Promotional Information

The first account of the naval battles that constituted the Solomons campaign from the beginning to the end.

About the Author

CHARLES W. KOBURGER, JR., retired from the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve with the rank of Captain after 20 years of active duty. He is now an independent consultant in maritime affairs specializing in Coast Guard-related tasks. He has been published many times on both sides of the Atlantic, and has been translated into French.

Reviews

.,."never before has the entire campaign been put together so lucidly and interpreted so well."-The Bull Sheet

.,."this book is outstanding in its lucid, compelling interpretation and condensation. Never has the 1942-43 Northern and Southern Solomons campaign and its major actions - Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Vella Lavella - been outlined and convincingly analyzed in such succinct form."-WW II Military Journal

?...never before has the entire campaign been put together so lucidly and interpreted so well.?-The Bull Sheet

?...this book is outstanding in its lucid, compelling interpretation and condensation. Never has the 1942-43 Northern and Southern Solomons campaign and its major actions - Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Vella Lavella - been outlined and convincingly analyzed in such succinct form.?-WW II Military Journal

..."never before has the entire campaign been put together so lucidly and interpreted so well."-The Bull Sheet

..."this book is outstanding in its lucid, compelling interpretation and condensation. Never has the 1942-43 Northern and Southern Solomons campaign and its major actions - Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Vella Lavella - been outlined and convincingly analyzed in such succinct form."-WW II Military Journal