Pacific Turning Point: The Solomons Campaign, 1942-1943 First Edition Edition

by Charles Koburger (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0275952363

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Koburger argues that the many battles that constituted the campaign for the Solomons were the key to victory in the Pacific for the U.S. Navy―not the battle of the Coral Sea or the Battle of Midway. Segments of the campaign―Guadalcanal, New Georgia, and Bougainville―have been written about extensively. But never before has the entire campaign been put together so lucidly and interpreted so well. The descriptions of the naval battles make for compelling reading. Even in World War II, Koburger argues, the important naval struggles took place in the narrow seas.

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..."this book is outstanding in its lucid, compelling interpretation and condensation. Never has the 1942-43 Northern and Southern Solomons campaign and its major actions - Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Vella Lavella - been outlined and convincingly analyzed in such succinct form."-WW II Military Journal

..."never before has the entire campaign been put together so lucidly and interpreted so well."-The Bull Sheet

?...never before has the entire campaign been put together so lucidly and interpreted so well.?-The Bull Sheet

?...this book is outstanding in its lucid, compelling interpretation and condensation. Never has the 1942-43 Northern and Southern Solomons campaign and its major actions - Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Vella Lavella - been outlined and convincingly analyzed in such succinct form.?-WW II Military Journal

.,."never before has the entire campaign been put together so lucidly and interpreted so well."-The Bull Sheet

.,."this book is outstanding in its lucid, compelling interpretation and condensation. Never has the 1942-43 Northern and Southern Solomons campaign and its major actions - Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Vella Lavella - been outlined and convincingly analyzed in such succinct form."-WW II Military Journal

About the Author

CHARLES W. KOBURGER, JR., retired from the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve with the rank of Captain after 20 years of active duty. He is now an independent consultant in maritime affairs specializing in Coast Guard-related tasks. He has been published many times on both sides of the Atlantic, and has been translated into French.

Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Praeger; First Edition edition (October 10, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0275952363
ISBN-13: 978-0275952365
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
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ByHearth Sutraon July 27, 2013

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Writing on history has evolved a lot in the last 50 years. It may have been acceptable so many years ago for military history to be presented as compilations of dates and statistics. But History has changed thanks to guys like Ken Burns and Michael Shaara. Ultimately, war is about people: their causes, experiences, sufferings, and elevations. It's a little shocking too that Charles Koburger could have published Pacific Turning Point as late as 1995. Koburger's book hasn't the least of that contemporary, human-focused feel. His text reads like a poorly written sports page - he presents ships sunk in terms of lost tonnage, rather than lives.

Koburger takes what is arguably one of the most wrenching phases of WWII in the Pacific, and bleaches it of all color, life, and especially death. By focusing almost exclusively on the maritime, aerial, and particularly statistical aspects of the Solomon Islands campaign, he renders the now infamous experiences of Marine, Army, and Imperial Japanese infantry units almost as footnotes. He's apparently oblivious to the fact that with every ship sunk, hundreds of men died of drowning, burns, exposure, or became fodder for sharks. I'm not trying to be morose - I'm trying to highlight something that by the grace of contemporary historians we should all know: war isn't baseball. And those who write professionally about war ought to be at least as engaged and compelling as those who write or broadcast professionally about baseball. If you buy this book, you'll wish you hadn't.

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some good detail, but poor writing.

ByAlan M. Sturmeron September 6, 2006

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This was a short overview look at the Solomons campaign. The writitng style was amatuerish and could have used an editor. It reads like a undergraduate term paper. Two of the maps were transposed as well. Still, it provides a good introduction to the campaign. Wilmott's 'The War with Japan' was a better history, but did not offer as much specific detail on this campaign.

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