{"product_id":"9781472826428-morning-star-midnight-sun","title":"Morning Star, Midnight Sun","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August–October 1942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive and dramatic re-telling of the Guadalcanal and Solomons naval campaign – the daring Allied offensive to protect Australia and the South Pacific from Japanese invasion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing 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 Solomon Islands, in particular the southern island of Guadalcanal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hamstrung by arcane pre-war thinking and a bureaucratic mind-set, the US Navy had to adapt on the fly in order to compete with the mighty Imperial Japanese Navy, whose ingenuity and creativity thus far had fostered the creation of its Pacific empire. Starting with the amphibious assault on Savo Island, the campaign turned into an attritional struggle where the evenly matched foes sought to grind out a victory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Following on from his hugely successful book \u003ci\u003eRising Sun, Falling Skies\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeffrey R. Cox tells the gripping story of the first Allied offensive of the Pacific War, as they sought to prevent Japan from cutting off Australia and regaining dominance in the Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451508371830,"sku":"9781472826428","price":18.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31096954.jpg?v=1760462787","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472826428-morning-star-midnight-sun","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}