Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Autographed Copies now available

You can now purchase autographed copies of my book, Morning of the Rising Sun: The Heroic Story of the Battles for Guadalcanal. The price for each copy is $39.99 plus $6.00 (USD) for shipping. Just click here to order your copy today.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Introducing my new book

I want to introduce my new book entitled: Morning of the Rising Sun: The Heroic Story of the Battles for Guadalcanal. It took more than six years to research, write, edit, and publish this book. It is the second work I have written about World War II in the Pacific. My first book: Afternoon of the Rising Sun: The Battle of Leyte Gulf was published in October 2001 and is out of print.

Guadalcanal was the first major offensive the Americans launched after the debacle at Pearl Harbor and carried many risks with it: insufficient supplies, not enough ships, and military neglect from the interwar years from 1919 to 1941. The strategic importance of this island is obvious to anyone who looks at a map of the Pacific Ocean. It lies in the direct path between the American mainland, the Hawaiian Islands, Australia, and New Zealand. When the Japanese began building an airfield on Guadalcanal, the Americans had to act and soon. On August 7, 1942 after much lobbying and cajoling of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by Admiral Ernest J. King, the American Chief of Naval Operations, the invasion happened.

What followed was six months of bloody and deadly warfare between the American Navy, Marines, and Army and the Japanese Navy and Army. Some of the most intense fighting between these two powers occurred. Every battle that happened foretold how vicious the fight for the Pacific would be.

The book tells the story from both sides' perspective and focus on the human part of the battles. It is an interesting and rich story of courage, dedication to duty, and frailities of the leaders. In my opinion, it the human component that makes the tale even more compelling to find out more.

If you want to know more, you can visit my web site http://www.battlesforguadalcanal.com/ to learn more about this momentous time in world history and, hopefully, decide to purchase a copy of my book. I hope you enjoy the experience.

Ken Friedman
Author
http://www.blogger.com/www.battlesforguadalcanal.com