Islands of Destiny
The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun

For those unfamiliar with the Solomon's Campaign, this book usefully juxtaposes the major events of the campaign, with an emphasis on sea and air activities, with intelligence work, which the author has written about extensively. His thesis that the Solomons was the decisive campaign of the war vice......more

I will start by saying that, though I heartily agree with Prados' thesis that the Pacific War turning point was in the Solomons Campaign, I was initially unimpressed with the book. It seemed in bad need of an editor. Prados can have a stilted, choppy writing style that is difficult to read. He also......more

Okay but rather pedestrian history of the Solomons campaign. It starts off rather disappointingly with the childish issue of whether Midway or the Solomons was the "turning point" of the war, as if such an amorphous concept has any analytical substance. (Not surprisingly, the author plumps for the l......more

After the better part of a month trying to get through this book, I finally had to throw in the towel. I think this was written for serious students of naval tactics because it is very, very detailed in every movement of every ship that fought in, it seemed, the entire Pacific theater not just one r......more

Very detailed account of a very significant military campaign.......more