People have been writing books about the Battle of Guadalcanal basically from the moment the island was secured. As the first US land offensive of World War II, this battle has attained almost mythical statues. Hornfischer in Neptune’s Inferno tries to edit some of those myths while at the same time highlighting to often forgotten … Continue reading Jim Reviews: Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal – James D. Hornfischer