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1	Guadalcanal Diary more books like this by Richard Tregaskis add to wishlist history U.S.A. $14.95 Canada $22.50 This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles--crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all, and to military history in general. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. An on-location news ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle more books like this by Richard B Frank add to wishlist The battle at Guadalcanal marked the first American offensive of World War II and was fought on land, at sea, and in the air. For six months the Americans and the Japanese clashed in brutal warfare that escalated to unimagined levels of sustained violence. 50 photographs; 30 maps. see all copies from $3.89! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Ambassador's Son more books like this by Homer H Hickam, Jr. add to wishlist The thrilling, quirky adventures of WWII Coast Guard Lt. Josh Thurlow continue in this sequel to THE KEEPER'S SON. Josh is patrolling the Solomon Islands when he's given a new assignment: arrest or execute Lt. David Armistead, Josh's friend and President Roosevelt's cousin, who appears to have deserted. Josh's partner in this mission? Navy Lt. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons more books like this by Walter Lord add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $45.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Guadalcanal more books like this by Edwin Palmer Hoyt add to wishlist The full story of the South Pacific campaign that turned the tide of war. see all copies from $2.12! new only from $6.42! \| first editions
6	Alone on Guadalcanal: A Coastwatcher's Story more books like this by Martin Clemens add to wishlist This remarkable memoir by the near-mythic British district officer and coastwatcher who helped shape the first great Allied counteroffensive in the Pacific war is a compelling true adventure story based on a journal Martin Clemens kept during the war. At the same time, it might well be the last critical source of analysis of the Solomons campaign. ... see all copies from $15.27! new only from $39.95! \| first editions
7	Guadalcanal: The First Offensive more books like this by John Miller, Jr. add to wishlist "The successes of the South Pacific Force," wrote Admiral Halsey in 1944, "were not the achievements of separate services or individuals but the result of whole-hearted subordination of self-interest by all in order that one successful 'fighting team' could be created." The history of any South Pacific campaign must deal with this "fighting team," ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Elota's Story: The Life & Times of a Solomon Islands Big Man more books like this by Roger M Keesing, 'Elota add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $87.71!
9	This is Guadalcanal: The Original Combat Photography more books like this by L Douglas Keeney, Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro add to wishlist A collection of photographs taken from the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. see all copies from $4.48! new only from $12.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Mission Raise Hell: US Marines on Choiseul October-November 1943 more books like this by James F Christ add to wishlist see all copies from $16.50! new only from $20.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Battle for Guadalcanal more books like this by Samuel B Griffith add to wishlist 'Masterful pacing, vivid character sketches, and gripping action blend with rigorous historical detail in Samuel B. Griffith's "The Battle for Guadalcanal". Launched on August 7, 1942, to protect Allied control of the strategic South Pacific islands, the Guadalcanal operation was the most costly American offensive of World War II in the history of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.65! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier: 22 July 1942-1 May 1944 more books like this by Samuel Eliot Morison add to wishlist This volume in Captain Morison's great history of naval action during World War II is concerned with the continuation of Operation "Watchtower" up from Guadalcanal and New Guinea until Rabaul was taken the the Bismarcks Barrier broken. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $23.00!
13 view cover	A Code for Tomorrow more books like this by John J Gobbell add to wishlist Lieutenant Todd Ingram returns in this sequel to "The Last Lieutenant" with a new assignment as executive officer of the World War II destroyer, the U.S.S. "Howell." Young and already battle-weary, Ingram is also in the middle of a personal nightmare as his sweetheart, Army nurse Helen Durand, is trapped behind enemy lines--and Soviet espionage is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Do-Or-Die Men: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal more books like this by George W Smith, Jr. add to wishlist The captivating, real-life account of the formation, training, and courageous fighting of the American soldiers who won everlasting glory during the World War II battle for Guadalcanal. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.24! \| first editions
15	Kwaio Religion: The Living and the Dead in a Solomon Island Society more books like this by Roger M Keesing add to wishlist Keesing studies how the Kwaio have held on to their traditional ways despite 125 years of European colonialism and a militantly Christian national culture. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $50.63! \| first editions
16	Lonely Vigil more books like this by Walter Lord add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17	We, the Tikopia more books like this by Raymond William Firth add to wishlist see all copies from $3.75! first editions
18 view cover	Fight to the Death: Battle of Guadalcanal more books like this by Larry Hama, Anthony Williams (Illustrator), Richard Elson (Illustrator) add to wishlist The battle of Guadalcanal brutally shattered the myth of Japanese invincibility. August 7, 1942, marked the first American amphibious assault of World War II, and the first attempt to secure the Japanese-controlled island of Guadalcanal. Over 30,000 American and Japanese casualties were suffered during five months of some of the war's most vicious ... see all copies from $8.79! new only from $8.79!
19 view cover	Battalion of the Damned: The 1st Marine Paratroopers at Gavutu and Bloody Ridge, 1942 more books like this by James F Christ add to wishlist see all copies from $11.82! new only from $23.59! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Guadalcanal: Starvation Island more books like this by Eric M Hammel add to wishlist A JOHN GRESHAM MILITARY LIBRARY SELECTION A MASTERLY ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S FIRST OFFENSIVE IN THE PACIFIC DURING WORLD WAR II When the Marines' campaign to wrest the remote Southwest Pacific island of Guadalcanal from the Japanese began in August 1942, few knew how to conduct it--and no one expected it to last six months. Hammel collects the ... see all copies from $11.99! new only from $25.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The White Headhunter: The Story of a 19th-Century Sailor Who Survived a South Seas Heart of Darkness more books like this by Nigel Randell add to wishlist A sailor named Jack Renton ended up in the Solomon Islands in 1868, became integrated into the native civilization there, and later wrote a book about it. Now a documentary filmmaker compares Renton's account of his adventure with the version preserved in the oral history of the islands. Renton's own account left out the fact that he began as a ... see all copies from $5.86! new only from $11.95! \| first editions
22	Into the Valley: A Skirmish of more books like this by John Hersey add to wishlist The story, of one company of marines during a battle on Guadalcanal, is simply and briefly told--rich with detail about the sights and sounds of the jungle, the conversations of men waiting for battle, and the less than glamorous details of the fight. 16 black and white sketches. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
23	Guadalcanal the Carrier Ba more books like this by Eric M Hammel add to wishlist Eric Hammel vividly imparts the urgency of two desperate battles in which both sides risked their surviving carrier forces to determine the course of the Pacific war. An engrossing narrative of strategy and struggle. 3 8-page black-and-white photo inserts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $54.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
24	The ninety days more books like this by Thomas N. Carmichael add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25	The campaign for Guadalcanal; a battle that made history. more books like this by Jack Coggins add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS

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