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Bloomsbury presents Dark Waters Starry Skies by Jeffrey Cox read by John Chancer

Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fastpaced and absorbing read of the crucial New Georgia phase of the GuadalcanalSolomons Campaign during the Pacific War

Thousands of miles from friendly ports the US Navy had finally managed to complete the capture of Guadalcanal from the Japanese in early 1943 Now the Allies sought to keep the offensive momentum won at such a high cost Determined not to repeat their mistakes at Guadalcanal the Allies nonetheless faltered in their continuing efforts to roll back the Japanese land air and naval forces

Dark Waters Starry Skies is an engrossing history which weaves together strategy and tactics with a blowbyblow account of every battle at a vital point in the Pacific War that has not been analyzed in this level of detail before Using firsthand accounts from both sides this book vividly recreates all the terror and drama of the nighttime naval battles during this phase of the Solomons campaign and the ferocious firestorm many Marines faced as they disembarked from their landing craft The reader is transported to the bridge to stand alongside Admiral Walden Ainsworth as he sails to stop another Japanese reinforcement convoy for New Georgia and vividly feels the fear of an 18yearold Marine as he fights for survival against a weakened but still determined enemy