Challenge for the Pacific, Robert Leckie
Challenge for the Pacific, Robert Leckie
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Challenge for the Pacific
Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War

Author: Robert Leckie

Narrator: Kevin Foley

Unabridged: 13 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/08/2011


Synopsis

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; Isoruku 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 Pacific is an unparalleled, authoritative account of this great fight that forever changed our world.

About Robert Leckie

Robert Leckie (1920-2001) served in the 1st Marine Division during World War II. After the war, he worked as a reporter for the Associated Press, the New York Journal American, the New York Daily News, and other newspapers. During his lifetime, he authored more than forty books on American war history, including March to Glory, The Battle for Iwo Jima, and The Wars of America: From 1600 to 1900.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve

A dramatic, but sometimes confusing presentation. A lack of sufficient maps made it difficult to track the battles Leckie described. Like with his book "Strong Armed" I would have been happy with a longer account. Still worth reading!......more

Goodreads review by Abby

A year is not really a good year without reading a book or two by my second favorite author. This book was so filled with heroics, humor, horror, and Leckie talking about himself in the third person. You can really tell how much he loved his marines, while at the same time Leckie showed how the whole......more

Goodreads review by Don

This is an excellent detailed description of the battle for Guadalcanal in 1942. The author has done extensive research from both the American and the Japanese records. The descriptions by the survivors and witnesses is detailed. You can almost feel the courage and unimaginable hardships on the part......more