Midnight in the Pacific

A sweeping narrative history of America's first major offensive of WII: the brutal campaign to take Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal. From August to November of 1942, US Marines, sailors, and pilots struggled against an implacable enemy: Japanese soldiers, inculcated with the  bushido  tradition of death before dishonor. The glittering prize was the strategically decisive Henderson Airfield. The bitter slugfest dragged on with heavy losses on both sides. More American sailors died in thes