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"This classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles - crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all, and to military history in general. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Richard Tregaskis
- First published
- 1943
- Pages
- 240
- Publisher
- Random house, Modern Library, Blue Ribbon Books
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780848803223
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