New Georgia: Pattern For Victory(The Pan / Ballantine Illustrated History of World War II) by D. C. Horton; Introductiion-Barrie Pitt - 1972

Pan / Ballantine, 1972. Paperback. Collectible: Very Good. 1st Edition THUS / 1st Printing (1st Pan / Ballantine Books printing - August 1972) VERY GOOD+ No creasing on spine. Gently read if at all. Very minor creases on covers. Binding is solid and has been stressed to confirm it remains flexible and pages are secure. 160 pages: illustrations, maps, portraits; 21 cm. . . . . . . . . . . FROM THE BACK COVER: This crucial battle in the struggle for the Solomons was won for America as always by the bravery of her soldiers. But the way to victory had been laid by the devotion of the sharp-eyed 'Coast watchers' and their native spy rings, who noted and transmitted every detail of Japanese reinforcement and development. The story is on of the triumphs of wartime espionage. . . . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Attack on the Central Solomons -- 2.) Operation Toenail -- 3.) Battle is joined -- 4.) Landings on the New Georgia coasts -- 5.) Japanese counter-attack -- 6.) The drive on the north coasts -- 7.) PT109 -- 8.) Advance on the south coasts -- 9.) Breakthrough to Vella Lavella -- 10.) The Allies move south