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==Further reading==


* Frank, Richard. '' Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle.'' (1990). ISBN 0-394-58875-4.  [http://www.amazon.com/Guadalcanal-Definitive-Account-Landmark-Battle/dp/0140165614/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194225145&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] Frank's lengthy history utilizes all the sources now available, as well as the research of other authors.
* Cook, Charles ''The Battle of Cape Esperance: Encounter at Guadalcanal'' (1992) Naval Institute Press
* Griffith, Samuel B. ''The Battle for Guadalcanal'' (1963). ISBN 0-252-06891-2.  [http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Guadalcanal-Samuel-B-Griffith/dp/0252068912/ref=pd_bbs_6/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194225145&sr=8-6 excerpt and text search] Griffith fought in the battle, and later became a noted historian; his history is an excellent overview, and contains detailed maps.
* Craven, Wesley Frank, and James Lea Cate, eds. ''The Army Air Forces in World War II: Vol. IV, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944'' official Air Force history [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/IV/index.html online edition]
* Hammel, Eric. ''Guadalcanal: Starvation Island'' (1987) 448 pp. Hamel's magnificent multi-volume set on Guadalcanal is written in a lively style.
* Hammel, Eric. ''Carrier Clash: The Invasion of Guadalcanal & The Battle of the Eastern Solomons August 1942'' (1999). Zenith Press. 0760320527.
* Hammel, Eric ''Carrier Strike: The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942'' (1999). ISBN 0-935553-37-1.
* Hammel, Eric ''Guadalcanal: Decision at Sea - The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, November 13-15, 1942'' (1988) Crown, New York ISBN 0-517-56952-3. This volume, for which the author conducted extensive research among survivors, corrects a number of long-standing errors in other accounts of the action.
* Miller, Thomas G. ''Cactus Air Force.'' (1969). ISBN 0-934841-17-9. Miller's account is the classic history of the aerial component of the tripartite struggle for Guadalcanal.
 
==Books==
 
* Cook, Charles ''The Battle of Cape Esperance: Encounter at Guadalcanal'' (1992) Naval Institute, Annapolis
* Crenshaw, Russell ''The Battle of Tassafaronga'' (1995) Nautical and Aviation, Baltimore
* Crenshaw, Russell ''The Battle of Tassafaronga'' (1995) Nautical and Aviation, Baltimore
* Hart, Mike. "An Assessment of the Circumstances, Conduct and Consequences of the Battle of Savo Island, 8/9 August 1942." ''Journal of Australian Naval History'' (2005) 2(1): 52-82
* Hone, Trent. "'Give Them Hell!': The US Navy's Night Combat Doctrine and the Campaign for Guadalcanal." ''War in History'' (Apr 2006), Vol. 13 Issue 2, pp. 171-199, in [[EBSCO]]
* Hough, Lieutenant Colonel Frank O., Major Verle E. Ludwig, USMC  and Henry I. Shaw, Jr.  ''Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II: Volume  I'' (1958), the official Marine Corps history [http://funsite.unc.edu/hyperwar/USMC/I/index.html complete text online]
* Hoyt, Edwin P. ''Guadalcanal;'' (1981) Stein and Day, New York
* Hoyt, Edwin P. ''Guadalcanal;'' (1981) Stein and Day, New York
* Koburger, Charles W. ''Pacific Turning Point: The Solomons Campaign, 1942-1943'' (1995) [http://www.questia.com/read/24131412 online edition]
* Koburger, Charles W. ''Pacific Turning Point: The Solomons Campaign, 1942-1943'' (1995) [http://www.questia.com/read/24131412 online edition]
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* Lundstrom, John B. ''First Team And the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942.'' (2nd ed 2005) ISBN 1-59114-472-8.   
* Lundstrom, John B. ''First Team And the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942.'' (2nd ed 2005) ISBN 1-59114-472-8.   
* McGee, William L. ''The Solomons Campaigns, 1942-1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville--Pacific War Turning Point, Volume 2'' (Amphibious Operations in the South Pacific in WWII). (2002). ISBN 0-9701678-7-3.  
* McGee, William L. ''The Solomons Campaigns, 1942-1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville--Pacific War Turning Point, Volume 2'' (Amphibious Operations in the South Pacific in WWII). (2002). ISBN 0-9701678-7-3.  
* Miller Jr., John.  ''United States Army in World War II: Guadalcanal: the First Offensive'' (1949), the official Army history in the “Green” series;  [http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/guadc/gc-fm.htm online edition]
* Morison, Samuel Eliot ''The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942 – February 1943,'' vol. 5 of his ''History of United States Naval Operations in World War II.'' (1958). ISBN 0-316-58305-7.
* Newcomb, Richard F. ''The Battle of Savo Island: The Harrowing Account of the Disastrous Night Battle Off Guadalcanal that Nearly Destroyed the Pacific Fleet in August 1942'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Savo-Island-Disastrous-Guadalcanal/dp/0805070729/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194227600&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Newcomb, Richard F. ''The Battle of Savo Island: The Harrowing Account of the Disastrous Night Battle Off Guadalcanal that Nearly Destroyed the Pacific Fleet in August 1942'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Savo-Island-Disastrous-Guadalcanal/dp/0805070729/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194227600&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Saltsman Jr., Ralph H. "The 67th Fighter Squadron 'Fighting Cocks' at Guadalcanal." ''Air Power History'' 47#4 (2000) pp 46+.
* Smith, Michael T. ''Bloody Ridge: The Battle That Saved Guadalcanal''. (2000). 264pp  ISBN 0-7434-6321-8
* Smith, Michael T. ''Bloody Ridge: The Battle That Saved Guadalcanal''. (2000). 264pp  ISBN 0-7434-6321-8
* Warner, Denis Ashton, Warner, Peggy, Seno, Sadao ''Disaster in the Pacific: New Light on the Battle of Savo Island'' (1992) Naval Institute, Annapolis
* Warner, Denis Ashton, Warner, Peggy, Seno, Sadao ''Disaster in the Pacific: New Light on the Battle of Savo Island'' (1992) Naval Institute, Annapolis


==Official histories==
==Other histories that refer to Guadalcanal==
 
* Craven, Wesley Frank, and James Lea Cate, eds. ''The Army Air Forces in World War II: Vol. IV, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944'' official Air Force history [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/IV/index.html online edition]
* Hough, Lieutenant Colonel Frank O., Major Verle E. Ludwig, USMC  and Henry I. Shaw, Jr.  ''Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II: Volume  I'' (1958), the official Marine Corps history [http://funsite.unc.edu/hyperwar/USMC/I/index.html complete text online]
* Miller Jr., John.  ''United States Army in World War II: Guadalcanal: the First Offensive'' (1949), the official Army history in the “Green” series;  [http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/guadc/gc-fm.htm online edition]
* Morison, Samuel Eliot ''The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942 – February 1943,'' vol. 5 of his ''History of United States Naval Operations in World War II.'' (1958). ISBN 0-316-58305-7.
 
==Articles==
 
* Hart, Mike. "An Assessment of the Circumstances, Conduct and Consequences of the Battle of Savo Island, 8/9 August 1942." ''Journal of Australian Naval History'' (2005) 2(1): 52-82
* Hone, Trent. "'Give Them Hell!': The US Navy's Night Combat Doctrine and the Campaign for Guadalcanal." ''War in History'' (Apr 2006), Vol. 13 Issue 2, pp. 171-199, in [[EBSCO]]
* Saltsman Jr., Ralph H. "The 67th Fighter Squadron 'Fighting Cocks' at Guadalcanal." ''Air Power History'' 47#4 (2000) pp 46+.
 
==General histories==
 
* Alexander, Joseph H. ''Edson's Raiders: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion in World War II'' (2000). Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-020-7.
* Alexander, Joseph H. ''Edson's Raiders: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion in World War II'' (2000). Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-020-7.
* Bergerud, Eric M. ''Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific.'' (1997). ISBN 0-14-024696-7.   
* Bergerud, Eric M. ''Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific.'' (1997). ISBN 0-14-024696-7.   
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* Felber, Abraham. ''The Old Breed of Marine: A World War II Diary'' (2003) (ISBN 0-7864-1410-3) 257pp.  
* Felber, Abraham. ''The Old Breed of Marine: A World War II Diary'' (2003) (ISBN 0-7864-1410-3) 257pp.  
* Hara, Tameichi, Saito, Fred, Pineau, Roger, ''Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through Japanese Eyes'' (2007) Naval Institute, Annapolis (ISBN 978-1-59114-354-3) Captain Hara commanded a destroyer in many runs of the 'Tokyo Express' down 'The Slot' to Guadalcanal; his lively personal account also contains his criticism of errors on the Japanese side.
* Hara, Tameichi, Saito, Fred, Pineau, Roger, ''Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through Japanese Eyes'' (2007) Naval Institute, Annapolis (ISBN 978-1-59114-354-3) Captain Hara commanded a destroyer in many runs of the 'Tokyo Express' down 'The Slot' to Guadalcanal; his lively personal account also contains his criticism of errors on the Japanese side.
* Merillat, Herbert ''The Island: A History of the First Marine Division on Guadalcanal August 7 - December 9, 1942'', (1944) Houghton Mifflin, Boston <ref> The author's middle initial is given as "L." on this work, but he is the same person as the author of ''''Guadalcanal Remembered'', where his middle name is given prominently as "Christian".</ref> This is Merillat's original work, produced during World War II.
* Merillat, Herbert Christian ''Guadalcanal Remembered'' (1982). 332 pp. Merillat's original diary, interspersed with much additional material to provide a more balanced history.
* Merillat, Herbert Christian ''Guadalcanal Remembered'' (1982). 332 pp. Merillat's original diary, interspersed with much additional material to provide a more balanced history.
** Merillat, Herbert ''The Island: A History of the First Marine Division on Guadalcanal August 7 - December 9, 1942'', (1944) <ref> The author's middle initial is given as "L." on this work, but he is the same person as the author of ''''Guadalcanal Remembered'', where his middle name is given prominently as "Christian".</ref> This is Merillat's original work, produced during World War II.
* Tanaka, Raizo ''The Struggle for Guadalcanal'' (1956) U.S. Naval Institute ''Proceedings'' 82 (July 1956): 687-699, 83 (August 1956): 815-831; reprinted in Evans, David C. (editor) ''The Japanese Navy In World War Ii: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers'' (1993) Naval Institute, Annapolis (ISBN 0-87021-316-4) Admiral Tanaka was the commander of many runs of the 'Tokyo Express' down 'The Slot' to Guadalcanal; his account concludes with a penetrating analysis of the reasons for the Japanese defeat at Guadalcanal.
* Tanaka, Raizo ''The Struggle for Guadalcanal'' (1956) U.S. Naval Institute ''Proceedings'' 82 (July 1956): 687-699, 83 (August 1956): 815-831; reprinted in Evans, David C. (editor) ''The Japanese Navy In World War Ii: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers'' (1993) Naval Institute, Annapolis (ISBN 0-87021-316-4) Admiral Tanaka was the commander of many runs of the 'Tokyo Express' down 'The Slot' to Guadalcanal; his account concludes with a penetrating analysis of the reasons for the Japanese defeat at Guadalcanal.
* Tregaskis, Richard ''Guadalcanal Diary'' (1943) ISBN 0-679-64023-1. [http://www.amazon.com/Guadalcanal-Diary-Modern-Library-War/dp/0679640231/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194225145&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]
* Tregaskis, Richard ''Guadalcanal Diary'' (1943) ISBN 0-679-64023-1. [http://www.amazon.com/Guadalcanal-Diary-Modern-Library-War/dp/0679640231/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194225145&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]
* Twining, Merrill B. ''No Bended Knee: The Battle for Guadalcanal: the Memoir of Gen. Merrill B. Twining USMC (Ret.)'' (1996). [http://www.questia.com/read/89728105 online edition]
* Twining, Merrill B. ''No Bended Knee: The Battle for Guadalcanal: the Memoir of Gen. Merrill B. Twining USMC (Ret.)'' (1996). [http://www.questia.com/read/89728105 online edition]
* Ugaki, Matome, Chihaya, Masataka (translator), Goldstein, Donald M., Dillon, Katherine V. (editors) ''Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941-1945'' (1991) University of Pittsburgh 731 pp. (ISBN 0-8229-3665-8) Admiral Ugaki's extensive diary provides a detailed view of how things appeared to the Japanese as the lengthy battle unfolded. [http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/kamikaze/writings/books/ugaki/index.htm Review]
* Ugaki, Matome, Chihaya, Masataka (translator), Goldstein, Donald M., Dillon, Katherine V. (editors) ''Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941-1945'' (1991) University of Pittsburgh 731 pp. (ISBN 0-8229-3665-8) Admiral Ugaki's extensive diary provides a detailed view of how things appeared to the Japanese as the lengthy battle unfolded. [http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/kamikaze/writings/books/ugaki/index.htm Review]
===Audio/visual media===
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0740031/ Victory at Sea- Episode 6:  Guadalcanal] — One episode from a 26-episode series about naval combat during World War II.
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120863/ The Thin Red Line] — Film adaptation of James Jones' fictional, dramatic novel of the same title set on Guadalcanal.
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043547/ Flying Leathernecks] - Fictional drama about U.S. Marine pilots involved in the Battle of Guadalcanal.
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035957/ Guadalcanal Diary] - Film adaptation of Tregaskis' book referenced in "Books" section above.


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  • Cook, Charles The Battle of Cape Esperance: Encounter at Guadalcanal (1992) Naval Institute Press
  • Craven, Wesley Frank, and James Lea Cate, eds. The Army Air Forces in World War II: Vol. IV, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944 official Air Force history online edition
  • Crenshaw, Russell The Battle of Tassafaronga (1995) Nautical and Aviation, Baltimore
  • Hart, Mike. "An Assessment of the Circumstances, Conduct and Consequences of the Battle of Savo Island, 8/9 August 1942." Journal of Australian Naval History (2005) 2(1): 52-82
  • Hone, Trent. "'Give Them Hell!': The US Navy's Night Combat Doctrine and the Campaign for Guadalcanal." War in History (Apr 2006), Vol. 13 Issue 2, pp. 171-199, in EBSCO
  • Hough, Lieutenant Colonel Frank O., Major Verle E. Ludwig, USMC and Henry I. Shaw, Jr. Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II: Volume I (1958), the official Marine Corps history complete text online
  • Hoyt, Edwin P. Guadalcanal; (1981) Stein and Day, New York
  • Koburger, Charles W. Pacific Turning Point: The Solomons Campaign, 1942-1943 (1995) online edition
  • Loxton, Bruce, and Chris Coulthard-Clark. The Shame of Savo: Anatomy of a Naval Disaster (1997). ISBN 1-86448-286-9.
  • Lundstrom, John B. First Team And the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942. (2nd ed 2005) ISBN 1-59114-472-8.
  • McGee, William L. The Solomons Campaigns, 1942-1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville--Pacific War Turning Point, Volume 2 (Amphibious Operations in the South Pacific in WWII). (2002). ISBN 0-9701678-7-3.
  • Miller Jr., John. United States Army in World War II: Guadalcanal: the First Offensive (1949), the official Army history in the “Green” series; online edition
  • Morison, Samuel Eliot The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942 – February 1943, vol. 5 of his History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. (1958). ISBN 0-316-58305-7.
  • Newcomb, Richard F. The Battle of Savo Island: The Harrowing Account of the Disastrous Night Battle Off Guadalcanal that Nearly Destroyed the Pacific Fleet in August 1942 (2002) excerpt and text search
  • Saltsman Jr., Ralph H. "The 67th Fighter Squadron 'Fighting Cocks' at Guadalcanal." Air Power History 47#4 (2000) pp 46+.
  • Smith, Michael T. Bloody Ridge: The Battle That Saved Guadalcanal. (2000). 264pp ISBN 0-7434-6321-8
  • Warner, Denis Ashton, Warner, Peggy, Seno, Sadao Disaster in the Pacific: New Light on the Battle of Savo Island (1992) Naval Institute, Annapolis

Other histories that refer to Guadalcanal

  • Alexander, Joseph H. Edson's Raiders: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion in World War II (2000). Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-020-7.
  • Bergerud, Eric M. Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific. (1997). ISBN 0-14-024696-7.
  • Bergerud, Eric M. Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific (2000) online edition
  • Dull, Paul S. A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945. (1978). ISBN 0-87021-097-1. Dull's book, written principally from official Japanese records and histories, not only gives a Japanese view of the naval battles off Guadalcanal, it also has excellent track charts.
  • Dyer, George Carroll The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner - Volume I (1972) Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.
  • Gillespie, Oliver A. The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War, 1939–1945 (1952); The Battle for the Solomons (Chapter 7) online edition
  • Johnson, William Bruce. The Pacific Campaign in World War II: From Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal. (2006). 414 pp. excerpt and text search
  • Lord, Walter Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons (1977) Viking (ISBN 0670437654) The Coastwatchers provided a vital early warning of air raids; this gives their full history.
  • Potter, E. B. Admiral Arleigh Burke: A Biography (1990), 506 pp.
  • Potter, E. B. Bull Halsey: A Biography (1985), 434 pp.
  • Rottman, Gordon L. Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43 (2005). Osprey. ISBN 1-84176-870-7. online edition
  • Taylor, Theodore. The Magnificent Mitscher. (1954) 402 pp., U.S. Navy admiral
  • Waters, Sydney D. The Royal New Zealand Navy. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War. (1956), 568

Primary sources

  • Felber, Abraham. The Old Breed of Marine: A World War II Diary (2003) (ISBN 0-7864-1410-3) 257pp.
  • Hara, Tameichi, Saito, Fred, Pineau, Roger, Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through Japanese Eyes (2007) Naval Institute, Annapolis (ISBN 978-1-59114-354-3) Captain Hara commanded a destroyer in many runs of the 'Tokyo Express' down 'The Slot' to Guadalcanal; his lively personal account also contains his criticism of errors on the Japanese side.
  • Merillat, Herbert Christian Guadalcanal Remembered (1982). 332 pp. Merillat's original diary, interspersed with much additional material to provide a more balanced history.
    • Merillat, Herbert The Island: A History of the First Marine Division on Guadalcanal August 7 - December 9, 1942, (1944) [1] This is Merillat's original work, produced during World War II.
  • Tanaka, Raizo The Struggle for Guadalcanal (1956) U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 82 (July 1956): 687-699, 83 (August 1956): 815-831; reprinted in Evans, David C. (editor) The Japanese Navy In World War Ii: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers (1993) Naval Institute, Annapolis (ISBN 0-87021-316-4) Admiral Tanaka was the commander of many runs of the 'Tokyo Express' down 'The Slot' to Guadalcanal; his account concludes with a penetrating analysis of the reasons for the Japanese defeat at Guadalcanal.
  • Tregaskis, Richard Guadalcanal Diary (1943) ISBN 0-679-64023-1. excerpt and text search
  • Twining, Merrill B. No Bended Knee: The Battle for Guadalcanal: the Memoir of Gen. Merrill B. Twining USMC (Ret.) (1996). online edition
  • Ugaki, Matome, Chihaya, Masataka (translator), Goldstein, Donald M., Dillon, Katherine V. (editors) Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941-1945 (1991) University of Pittsburgh 731 pp. (ISBN 0-8229-3665-8) Admiral Ugaki's extensive diary provides a detailed view of how things appeared to the Japanese as the lengthy battle unfolded. Review

Audio/visual media

Notes

  1. ↑ The author's middle initial is given as "L." on this work, but he is the same person as the author of ''Guadalcanal Remembered, where his middle name is given prominently as "Christian".
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