Glory of the Solomons — Edwin Palmer Hoyt

1943 Guadalcanal has fallen to the Allies at a terrible price to both sides. The Japanese have pulled out. but their High Command is confident that the American victorv is only temporary. Already Hong Kong. Singapore, and the Philippines struggle in the grip of the Imperial Army whose sights are set on Fiji, Samoa, and beyond.... But American power is reaching a crescendo in the Pacific. Thousands of planes and ships are arriving for a massive assault on the Solomon Islands. And the top-secret Ultra project has cracked the Japanese military code. This is the all-action true fusion of some of America's most dramatic military triumphs ... the hand-to-hand and blow-by-blow combat story of the Japanese Empire's shattering defeat. EDWIN P. HOYT is a nationally acclaimed military historian and the author of numerous books, including The Lonely Ships and Blue Skies and Blood.