Guadalcanal [Paperback]

Edwin P. Hoyt (Author), Edwin, P. Hoyt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1999

The full story of the South Pacific campaign that turned the tide of war.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Scarborough House (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812885635
• ISBN-13: 978-0812885637
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,213,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Guadalcanal, November 22, 1999

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Paul W Weinstein - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guadalcanal (Paperback)

Edwin Hoyt has written a nice book about the Battle of Guadalcanal. However it is lacking details and skips key periods of time during the confict there in the south Pacific. I would recommend this book for a person is looking to get a basic understanding of the battle there. If a reader is looking for a indepth analysis, I would instead recommend Guadalcanal by Richard Frank.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent account of the Battle for Guadalcanal, October 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Guadalcanal (Hardcover)

This book was my first introduction to the battle for Guadalcanal, since reading it I've done further reading on the subject and found this one to be the best account of what happened. Mr. Hoyt not only covers the ground aspect of the invasion but all so the air and sea aspects.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The war of attrition between the Japanese and Americans., March 10, 2004

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Kevin M Quigg (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guadalcanal (Paperback)

Another nice book by Hoyt. Hoyt writes a nice story, even though there are no academic breakthroughs here. Hoyt describes the naval and land battles of the Guadalcanal campaign. He includes Japanese sources in this story of the campaign. Because of the complexity of the campaign, this short book is only a summary read of the battle for Guadalcanal. If one wants a more in depth book, one will need to read elsewhere.
There were a couple of distractions in this book. First there was the habit of describing something about what was happening in the personal basis for the soldiers fighting this campaign, then in the next paragraph, Hoyt tells of the grand strategic dimensions of the war. This destroyed the flow of the book. Second, Hoyt tells of the sinking of the cruiser New Orleans, then he tells how this cruiser limped back to port. Obviously, this was some sort of error.
Overall a good summary read of this campaign. If only the flow was there and the typos were not, this book would have been better.