Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-solomons Naval Campaign Of World War Ii

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