Under the Southern Cross - by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>A vivid narrative history of the Solomons campaign of World War II, one of the key turning points in the U.S. Navy's campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific.</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A vivid narrative history of the Solomons campaign of World War II, one of the key turning points in the U.S. Navy's campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific.</b> <p/>If the Battle of Midway, fought in June 1942, stopped further Japanese expansion in the Pacific, it was the Battle of Guadalcanal and the following Solomons Campaign that broke the back of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Between August 7, 1942 and February 24, 1944 when the Imperial Japanese Navy withdrew its surviving surface and air units from Rabaul, the main Japanese base in the South Pacific, the US Navy fought the most difficult campaign in its history, suffering such high personnel losses during the campaign that for years it refused to publicly release total casualty figures. <p/>Unlike the Central Pacific Campaign, which was fought by 'the new Navy, ' the Solomons campaign saw the US Navy at its lowest point, using those ships that had survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other units of the pre-war navy hastily transferred to the Pacific. After the Battle of Santa Cruz in late October, USS <i>Enterprise</i> was the only pre-war carrier left in the South Pacific and the Navy would not have been able to resist the Imperial Japanese Navy had they sought a third major fleet action in the region. For most of the campaign, the issue of which side would ultimately prevail was in doubt until toward the end when the surge of American industrial production began to make itself felt. <p/><i>Under the Southern Cross </i>examines the Solomons campaign from land, sea and air, offering a new account of the military offensive that laid the groundwork for Allied success throughout the rest of the Pacific War.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Cleaver skillfully weaves individual narratives from both Allied and Japanese combatants into the overall story ... the reader will come away having a greater understanding of the Pacific Theater as a whole, as well as a renewed appreciation for the courage and skill of both Allied and Japanese combatants in that grueling campaign." - <i>Lynn Ritger, A Aviation Historian</i> <p/>"Thomas Cleaver, whose 'war stories' we have come to cherish, has a new one ... a riveting and powerful saga, one rendered vividly, trenchantly, and with empathy - for both sides in the conflict." - <i>Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Former Chief of Staff to General Colin Powell</i> <p/>"<i>Under the Southern Cross</i> offers a micro-macro history of the South Pacific campaign of 1942-44, shifting from cockpit and flag bridge perspectives to broad strategy. The Guadalcanal campaign especially remains of interest because so much was at stake and the opponents were so evenly matched for a sanguinary six months. Tom Cleaver does right by the subject in this book." - <i>Barrett Tillman, Author of 'On Wave and Wing: The 100-Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier'</i> <p/>"Recommended for anyone fascinated by aviation's role in World War Two." - <i>Flypast</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Thomas McKelvey Cleaver </b>has been a published writer for the past 40 years. He was a regular contributor to <i>Flight Journal </i>magazine. He has had a lifelong interest in the Korean War and this work is the product of 25 years of research. He is the author of <i>Aces of the 78th Fighter Group </i>and <i>F4F and F6F Aces of VF-2</i>, as well as <i>Fabled Fifteen: </i> <i>The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15 </i>and <i>The Bridgebusters: The True Story of</i> <i>the Catch-22 Bomb Group</i>. During his 30 years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, he wrote the cult classic <i>The Terror Within </i>and worked as a supervising producer on a number of TV and cable series. He served in the US Navy in Vietnam
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