Dark Waters, Starry Skies

Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey R. Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the crucial New Georgia phase of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign during the Pacific War.

Using first-hand accounts from both sides, this book vividly recreates all the terror and drama of the nighttime naval battles throughout this phase of the campaign, and the ferocious firestorm many soldiers faced as they disembarked from their landing craft. The reader is transported to the bridge to stand alongside Admiral Walden Ainsworth as he sails to stop another Japanese reinforcement convoy for New Georgia, and vividly experiences the fear of an 18-year-old Marine as he fights for survival against a weakened but still determined enemy. 

Dark Waters, Starry Skies is an engrossing history which weaves together strategy and tactics with a blow-by-blow account of every battle at a vital point in the Pacific War.

• Osprey Publishing
• ISBN 978-1-4728-4989-2
• £30 * Hardback
• Published: 2nd March 2023

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