| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 30 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Kevin Foley. |
| Summary |
From the Japanese soldiers' carefully calculated-and ultimately foiled-attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to the tireless efforts of the Americans who struggled against a tenacious adversary and the temperature and terrain of the island itself, Robert Leckie captures the loneliness, the agony, and the heat of twenty-four-hour-a-day fighting on Guadalcanal. Combatants from both sides are brought to life: General Archer Vandegrift, who first assembled an amphibious strike force; Isoruku Yamamoto, the naval general whose innovative strategy was tested; the island-born Allied scout Jacob Vouza, who survived hideous torture to uncover the enemy's plans; and Saburo Sakai, the ace flier who shot down American planes with astonishing ease.Propelling the Allies to eventual victory, Guadalcanal was truly the turning point of the war. Challenge for the Pacific is an unparalleled, authoritative account of this great fight that forever changed our world. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands -- Guadalcanal Island.
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| Added Author |
Foley, Kevin. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781452622910 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1452622914 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10756113 |
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