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Title: Neptune's Inferno
Subtitle: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
Author: James D. Hornfischer
Narrator: Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged
Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-25-11
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 786 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs
Publisher's Summary:
With The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors and Ship of Ghosts, James D. Hornfischer created essential and enduring narratives about Americas World War II Navy, works of unique immediacy distinguished by rich portraits of ordinary men in extremis and exclusive new information. Now he does the same for the deadliest, most pivotal naval campaign of the Pacific war: Guadalcanal.
Neptunes Inferno is at once the most epic and the most intimate account ever written of the contest for control of the seaways of the Solomon Islands, Americas first concerted offensive against the Imperial Japanese juggernaut and the true turning point of the Pacific conflict. This grim, protracted campaign has long been heralded as a Marine victory. Now, with his powerful portrait of the Navys sacrifice - three sailors died at sea for every man lost ashore - Hornfischer tells for the first time the full story of the men who fought in destroyers, cruisers, and battleships in the narrow, deadly waters of Ironbottom Sound. Here, in brilliant cinematic detail, are the seven major naval actions that began in August of 1942, a time when the war seemed unwinnable and America fought on a shoestring, with the outcome always in doubt. But at Guadalcanal the U.S. proved it had the implacable will to match the Imperial war machine blow for violent blow.
Working from new interviews with survivors, unpublished eyewitness accounts, and newly available documents, Hornfischer paints a vivid picture of the officers and enlisted men who took on the Japanese in Americas hour of need.
Critic Reviews:
With the publication of
Neptune's Inferno, a masterpiece of 20th century naval history, it's time to declare James Hornfischer a national treasure, a member of the distinguished band of brothers - Stephen Ambrose, Shelby Foote, Ken Burns, Spielberg and Hanks - whose sacred mission has been vital to America's journey, preserving the stories of our fathers and grandfathers for future generations, before those stories fade forever out of our consciousness into the shadows of time.(Bob Shacochis, National Book Award winner, author of
The Immaculate Invasion)
"Hornfischer has produced an account that is visceral, yet technical; sweeping, yet personal. Its a terrific read, and an important new addition to the literature on this most important naval campaign in the Pacific." (Jonathan Parshall, co-author of
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway)
"Hornfischers accounts of naval combat in the Pacific are simply the best in the business." (Ian W. Toll, author of
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy)
