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Tables of Contents for The Battle for Guadalcanal
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
v
Book I
``He Shaves with a Blowtorch''
3
8
``Staike and Aiggs''
11
11
Nightmare in New Zealand; Pessimism in Melbourne; Fiasco in the Fijis
22
17
Book II
``A Fleet Majestical''
39
17
``The Iron Tongue of Midnight''
56
12
``We Have a Toe Hold''
68
10
``Death is Lighter Than a Feather''
78
11
``The Tokyo Express''
89
15
``Maline, You Die!''
104
21
Book III
``So Precariously Held''
125
15
``I am Lonesome and Think of My Native Village''
140
18
``Every Man Will Give a Good Account of Himself''
158
12
``Attack Repeat Attack''
170
12
``How Long Can They Take It?''
182
8
``Grim, Bloody and for Keeps''
190
10
``We've Got the Bastards Licked''
200
9
Book IV
Stalemate
209
8
Tanaka of Tassafaronga
217
7
The Army Takes Over
224
8
January, 1943
232
10
Epilogue
242
5
Notes
247
26
Index
273