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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is a very straight forward account of life on Guadalcanal. Not flashy, definitely gritty and looks from the bottom up. If you have an interest in WW2, this is well worth the time. (  ) Whiskey3pa | Mar 24, 2009 |  Vivid account of the landing of the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal and the first two months of the fighting. The author is an acclaimed, literate journalist who presents one of the most dramatic battles of WWII in a highly readable day-by-day account. ( ) seoulful | May 23, 2007 | A classic that is still gripping on re-reading. My copy has no cover. ( ) wfzimmerman | May 2, 2007 | The diary of a then well known newspaper correspondent. Somehow this isn't as engaging as the books by Ernie Pyle. Perhaps because it is focusing more on the events than on the men involved. I suppose it truly reflects the attitude of the times, but I find it hard to read because of the author's representation of the Japanese. They are portrayed as dirty, wimpy, primitive and good-for-nothing. Did it take a war for us to understand these people better? I can't help but compare the typical American's idea of the Muslims today. I may keep this book for now, but when I need shelf space, it will go. (  ) MrsLee | Nov 14, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
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A volunteer combat correspondent, Tregaskis braved much danger to bring the story of the fighting to American readers. But he was not one to celebrate his own exploits, and in the pages of his book, he centers on the brave young men from all over the United States who fought and died in appalling numbers. His attention to detail yields arresting descriptions of attacks and counterattacks, of moments of low morale and of exaltation, of moments of quiet behind the lines and of sheer terror at the very point of engagement. Tregaskis's style is unadorned and matter-of-fact, and his present-tense narrative places the reader in the thick of the battle during those "hopeless weeks."
The direct literary ancestor of books of military reportage such as Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down and Michael Herr's Dispatches, Guadalcanal Diary is an exemplary work of journalism, and as vivid a portrait of men under fire as has ever been committed to print. --Gregory McNamee
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