Challenge for the Pacific

Guadalcanal: the Turning Point of the War

Robert Leckie

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Bantam
01 February 2011

History; Second World War

""Intensely dramatic, vivid, broad, and yet intimate in detail, deeply moving in its portrayal of the human side of war.

In the best sense, it is history made alive"" (Pasadena Star News).

Building on the momentum established with HBO's The Pacific miniseries (based in part on Robert Leckie's Helmet for my Pillow) comes the long-overdue republication of Challenge for the Pacific (formerly a Da Capo Press Trade paperback, now out of print).

From Robert Leckie, the World War II veteran and New York Times bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow, whose experiences were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, comes this vivid narrative of the astonishing six-month campaign for Guadalcanal.

From the Japanese soldiers' carefully calculated-and ultimately foiled-attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to the tireless efforts of the Americans who struggled against a tenacious adversary and the temperature and terrain of the island itself, Robert Leckie captures the loneliness, the agony, and the heat of twenty-four-hour-a-day fighting on Guadalcanal. Combatants from both sides are brought to life- General Archer Vandegrift, who first assembled an amphibious strike force; Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval general whose innovative strategy was tested; the island-born Allied scout Jacob Vouza, who survived hideous torture to uncover the enemy's plans; and Saburo Sakai, the ace flier who shot down American planes with astonishing ease.

Propelling the Allies to eventual victory, Guadalcanal was truly the turning point of the war. Challenge for the Pacificis an unparalleled, authoritative account of this great fight that foreverchanged our world.

By: Robert Leckie
Imprint: Bantam
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 127mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9780553386912
ISBN 10: 0553386913
Pages: 442
Publication Date: 01 February 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: the Turning Point of the War

“Leckie puts you in the foxhole.”— The New York Times Book Review<br> <br>“Fast-paced and informative . . . Characters are very much alive on the printed page.”— Navy Times <br>  <br> “[A] stirring story of America’s survival in its grimmest hour . . . as readable and gripping as a novel.”— Patriot Ledger