The Battle of Cape Esperance: Encounter at Guadalcanal [Hardcover]

Charles Cook (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1992

This book brings to life an important but little-known battle that broke the stalemate in the long and bloody campaign for Guadalcanal.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 156 pages
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press; Reprint edition (December 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557501262
• ISBN-13: 978-1557501264
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,808,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent account of an overlooked battle., May 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Battle of Cape Esperance: Encounter at Guadalcanal (Hardcover)

Popular mythology of the Solomons Campaign holds that the Japanese Navy was invincible at night and hopelessly outclassed the United States Navy. Read the average account of the battles in the Slot and you come away with the impression that the Japanese won them all, or at least all up until Second Guadalcanal.

Cook's book provides a fine, straightforward narrative of one of the early engagements which the US Navy, in fact, won. It's a readable, exciting book which also contains information useful to serious students of the war and campaign.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A battle won by the U. S. Navy in the Solomons., July 19, 2003

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Kevin M Quigg (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Battle of Cape Esperance: Encounter at Guadalcanal (Hardcover)

A nice little book about a battle between U.S. and Imperial Japanese Navy ships in Iron Bottom Sound. During this brief encounter the U.S. Navy sunk a Japanese cruiser and destroyer at a cost of a destroyer. Subsequent action by airplanes out of Henderson sunk an additional two Japanese destroyers.
Cook was a participant in this battle and goes into great detail about what happened. The U.S. Navy which had been rather lackluster up to this point, showed they were brave and ready to confront equal or superior forces. The result was the Japanese were bested in this battle, with moderate losses. They withdrew after completing their mission.
Since the book is short at only 150 pages, the reader can easily read this in a few hours and understand a little on the Guadalcanal campaign, especially the naval side.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, October 4, 2010

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Nikki - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Battle of Cape Esperance: Encounter at Guadalcanal (Hardcover)

This book was very enciteful. Received the book quickly and looked liek it was brand new!