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Laddar... The Battle of Cape Esperance: Encounter at Guadalcanalav Charles Cook
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Solid account of one of the many encounters off of Guadalcanal. The author was a junior officer present, but makes no actual reference to his personal perspective of the battle. He points out some of the errors in command with reasonable explanations for why these options were chosen or when applicable, just happened. Recommended for history or naval types but probably not unless the reader is an already interested party. Having said all that, I have read a healthy amount of the written material on this subject and enjoyed this book. ( ) inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
This important work is being brought back into print for the 50th anniversary of the naval battle that broke the stalemate in the long and bloody campaign for Guadalcanal. Though little known, the midnight battle off the northwest point of the island is memorable for the novel circumstances under which it was fought. It was the first real night fighting experienced by U.S. surface forces and was complicated by many factors, including new radar devices not yet fully understood and inadequate communications. The author, himself a participant, describes the battle from both sides, drawing on a number of firsthand accounts from the time late on 11 October 1942 that U.S. Task Group 64.2 opened fire on three Japanese cruisers and two destroyers. His description dramatically reflects the confusion, miscalculations, and remarkable string of events that took place. From the top commander trying to keep control amidst chaos to the sailors belowdecks waiting out the warning of an approaching torpedo, this book gives the reader a real flavor for what war at sea was like in the South Pacific. It also offers a unique look at the leadership and tactical demands on ship and task force commanders and on the overall friction of surface warfare. First published in 1968, twenty-six years after the event, the book draws on the author's interviews with participants and fills in gaps and reconciles differences encountered in many of the original action reports and Japanese sources. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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