Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis - ISBN: 9780679640233
Paperback
Raw soldier’s truth from Guadalcanal’s hell, a WWII turning point.
  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    15 July 2000

Summary

One of the most important American works of World War II, this celebrated classic gives a soldier’s-eye-view of the pivotal Guadalcanal battles-featuring an introduction by Mark Bowden and an afterword by Moana Tregaskis.

“The book’s secret is the simple secret of all good reporting-fidelity and detail.”-Time

Guadalcanal Diary is invaluable as an accurate, ground-level account of a turning point in history, as a superb example of war reporting at its best, and a las…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780679640233
ISBN-10:0679640231
Author:Richard Tregaskis, Mark Bowden
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Modern Library Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:15 July 2000
Weight:227g
Dimensions:202mm x 132mm x 15mm
Series:Modern Library War
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“A superb example of war reporting at its best.” –From the Introduction by Mark Bowden “The book’s secret is the simple secret of all good reporting–fidelity and detail.”

“A superb example of war reporting at its best.”
–From the Introduction by Mark Bowden



“The book’s secret is the simple secret of all good reporting–fidelity and detail.” –Time

About The Author

Richard Tregaskis

Richard Tregaskis was a writer and reporter. He received the Overseas Press Club’s George Polk Award in 1964 for first-person reporting under hazardous circumstances. He died in 1973.

Moana Tregaskis was a longtime journalist for The New York Times.

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