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* 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) [http://www.questia.com/read/82355094 online edition]
* Cook, Charles ''The Battle of Cape Esperance: Encounter at Guadalcanal'' (1992) Naval Institute Press
* 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 [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/IV/index.html online edition]
* 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]
* Crenshaw, Russell ''The Battle of Tassafaronga'' (1995) Nautical and Aviation, Baltimore
* Crenshaw, Russell ''The Battle of Tassafaronga'' (1995) Nautical and Aviation, Baltimore
* 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.
* Gillespie, Oliver A. ''The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War, 1939–1945'' (1952); The Battle for the Solomons (Chapter 7) [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Paci-_N84545.html online edition]
* 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
* 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]]
* 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]
* 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)  
* 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]
* Loxton, Bruce, and Chris Coulthard-Clark. ''The Shame of Savo: Anatomy of a Naval Disaster''  (1997). ISBN 1-86448-286-9.   
* Loxton, Bruce, and Chris Coulthard-Clark. ''The Shame of Savo: Anatomy of a Naval Disaster''  (1997). ISBN 1-86448-286-9.   
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* 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.
* 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]
* Rottman, Gordon L. ''Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43'' (2005). Osprey. ISBN 1-84176-870-7. [http://www.questia.com/read/5002379561 online edition]
* Saltsman Jr., Ralph H. "The 67th Fighter Squadron 'Fighting Cocks' at Guadalcanal." ''Air Power History'' 47#4 (2000) pp 46+.  
* 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
* Taylor, Theodore. ''The Magnificent Mitscher.'' (1954) 402 pp. biography
 
* Warner, Denis Ashton, Warner, Peggy, Seno, Sadao ''Disaster in the Pacific: New Light on the Battle of Savo Island'' (1992)  
==Other histories that refer to Guadalcanal==
* Zimmerman, John L. ''The Guadalcanal Campaign'' (1949) [http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Guadalcanal.html online edition]
* 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) [http://www.questia.com/read/82355094 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) [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Paci-_N84545.html online edition]
* Johnson, William Bruce.  ''The Pacific Campaign in World War II: From Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal.'' (2006). 414 pp.  [http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Campaign-World-War-Guadalcanal/dp/0415701759/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194227798&sr=8-1 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. [http://www.questia.com/read/5002379561 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==
==Primary sources==
* 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 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.
* Merillat, Herbert ''The Island: A History of the First Marine Division on Guadalcanal August 7 - December 9, 1942'', (1944)  
* 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]

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Taylor, Theodore. The Magnificent Mitscher. (1954) 402 pp. biography
  • Warner, Denis Ashton, Warner, Peggy, Seno, Sadao Disaster in the Pacific: New Light on the Battle of Savo Island (1992)
  • Zimmerman, John L. The Guadalcanal Campaign (1949) online edition

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)
  • 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

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