CHALLENGE FOR THE PACIFIC: GUADALCANAL: THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR
Book ID/图书代码： 01240010B38295
English Summary/英文概要： From Robert Leckie, the World War II veteran and New York Times bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow, whose experiences were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, comes this vivid narrative of the astonishing six-month campaign for Guadalcanal.
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; Isoroku 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.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 作者系二战老兵，也是纽约时报畅销作者，本书生动再述了其在瓜达康纳尔岛长达六月的活动，真实还原了这场永久改变咱们世界的战争。美日两国因地域问题大战，双方将士渐渐苏醒，瓜达康纳尔岛成为战争的转折点，只有联盟才能取得最终的胜利。(兼职翻译-XJJ)
Awards/获奖情况：“Leckie puts you in the foxhole.”---The New York Times Book Review
“Fast-paced and informative . . . Characters are very much alive on the printed page.”---Navy Times
“[A] stirring story of America’s survival in its grimmest hour . . . as readable and gripping as a novel.”---Patriot Ledger
About the Author/作者介绍： ROBERT LECKIE (1920-2001) was the author of more than thirty works of military history as well as Helmet for My Pillow, a memoir. Raised in Rutherford, New Jersey, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on the day following the attack on Pearl Harbor, going on to serve as a machine gunner and as an intelligence scout and participating in all First Marine Division campaigns except Okinawa. Leckie was awarded five battle stars, the Naval Commendation Medal with Combat V, and the Purple Heart. Helmet for My Pillow (Random House, 1957) was his first book; it received the Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association award upon publication and was recently selected by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg as the basis for their blockbuster miniseries The Pacific on HBO. Helmet for my Pillow became a New York Times bestseller in March of 2010, fifty-three years after its initial publication.
罗伯特•雷吉（ROBERT LECKIE）(1920-2001)，成长于新泽西卢瑟福，日本偷袭珍珠港那天加入美国海军陆战队，时任机枪手，战绩无数。他写过三十多部军事历史故事，《给我枕头的安全帽》（Helmet for My Pillow）是他的处女作，一出版就获得海军陆战队战斗通讯协会的好评，最近更是入选汤姆•汉克斯和斯皮尔伯格的新剧。
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