{"product_id":"dark-waters-starry-skies-the-guadalcanal-solomons-campaign-march-october-1943","title":"Dark Waters, Starry Skies: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March–October 1943","description":"Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the crucial New Georgia phase of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign during the Pacific War.\n\nThousands 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.\n\nDark Waters, Starry Skies is an engrossing history which weaves together strategy and tactics with a blow-by-blow account of every battle at a vital point in the Pacific War that has not been analyzed in this level of detail before. Using first-hand 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 18-year-old Marine as he fights for survival against a weakened but still determined enemy.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1472849892\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.1472849892.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Cox, Jeffrey\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in very good condition.  Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46524091695301,"sku":"LFV.1472849892.VG","price":17.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/1472849892-0.jpg?v=1783789971","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/dark-waters-starry-skies-the-guadalcanal-solomons-campaign-march-october-1943","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}