Islands of Destiny, John Prados
Islands of Destiny, John Prados
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Islands of Destiny
The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun

Author: John Prados

Narrator: Richard Ferrone

Unabridged: 17 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/01/2013

Categories: Nonfiction, History


Synopsis

John Prados enjoys well-deserved acclaim for his work as a World War II historian and military intelligence expert. In this dramatically told reassessment of the Allies' battle for the Solomon Islands, Prados demonstrates how this campaign -- and not Midway, as commonly thought -- turned the tide in the Pacific.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike on March 17, 2014

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

Goodreads review by Mark on January 29, 2014

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

Goodreads review by Christopher on April 02, 2013

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

Goodreads review by Sonny on April 17, 2020

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

Goodreads review by Robin on January 25, 2018

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