Description: Told from contemporary accounts on both sides, this is the definitive story of how the war in the Pacific ended with the controversial use of the atomic bomb.
Review Quotes: Praise for Guadalcanal
"Brilliant . . . an enormous work based on the most meticulous research. Here is everything you might want to know about Guadalcanal."--Los Angeles Times Book Review "Richard Frank has produced what will surely become the standard history of the U.S. Navy's most important campaign. . . . A stunning debut by a major new talent in American letters."
--Tom Clancy "Guadalcanal is a masterly account of what happened and why. . . . Books of this quality are rare, and Richard B. Frank should be commended for his authoritative inaugural work."
--Chicago Tribune "Mr. Frank's book is impressive in virtually all respects--a vividly and carefully crafted monument that is worthy of the Americans and Japanese who collided . . . on a little-known island named Guadalcanal."
--The New York Times Book Review