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Morning Star, Midnight Sun

The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August–October 1942

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Morning Star, Midnight Sun

By: Jeffrey R. Cox
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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About this listen

Following the disastrous Java Sea campaign, the Allies went on the offensive in the Pacific in a desperate attempt to halt the Japanese forces that were rampaging across the region. With the conquest of Australia a very real possibility, the stakes were high. Their target: the Japanese-held Soloman Islands, in particular the southern island of Guadalcanal.

Hamstrung by arcane pre-war thinking and a bureaucratic mind-set, the US Navy had to adapt on the fly in order to compete with the mighty Imperial Japanese Navy, whose ingenuity and creativity thus far had fostered the creation of its Pacific empire. Starting with the amphibious assault on Savo Island, the campaign turned into an attritional struggle where the evenly matched foes sought to grind out a victory.

Following on from his hugely successful book Rising Sun, Falling Skies, Jeffrey R. Cox tells the gripping story of the first Allied offensive of the Pacific War, as they sought to prevent Japan from cutting off Australia and regaining dominance in the Pacific.

©2018 Jeffrey R. Cox (P)2018 Tantor Armed Forces Asia Japan Military Naval Forces War Pacific War US Air Force Imperial Japan Submarine Air Force

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Book gives a very detailed account of a relatively small period of the Pacific War unlike some books which gloss over a lot of detail. It is well narrated and gives a good balance of the strategic picture and eye witness accounts. I will definitely purchase the follow on book I see he has published

Great book well narrated

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Brilliantly written and excellently narrated. I really enjoyed listening to this history on the early stages of the Pacific War.

The book is well researched, but not dry, with a little dark humour; I really look forward to the next installment due out this year.

Brilliant Book

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The author has really done his homework. An excellent account of the US Marines on Guadalcanal and the many sea battles in the South Pacific. I am so impressed that he can name the personnel, both US and Japanese of these forces. I look forward to the next book,

Brilliant account of Guadalcanal

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Compelling to listen to, Interesting and informative about World War Two. The narrator was very good.

Gripping.....

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I have listened to many, many books covering the US invasion of the Solomons. This is by far the best of the bunch.

It is thoroughly researched, and contains details that are just not present in many other books. It reveals both the US and Japanese sides of the battles, with significant details of Japanese activities and lots of war diary details,

The performance by Joe Barrett is sublime. He is always a strong performer, but this is the best I have heard him.

Joe deals with the pathos, humour and irony of the narrative, as well as the pronunciation of Japanese names and place names with consulate professionalism. I wish I could award him 6 stars.

You will not regret listening to this book

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