Kyle Harrison
to-read
Neptune's Inferno
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
- Author
- James D. Hornfischer
- Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 516
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Hornfischer on the naval half of Guadalcanal — six months of night surface actions off an island everyone remembers as a Marine campaign, and the losses that made it the Navy’s hardest fight.
Where I heard about it
- A reply to @typesfast — named as “Neptune’s Inferno — Hornfischer” in answer to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” in a thread on X, June 2025. The full set of replies lives on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- World War II — The war.
- War — The subject at tactical range.
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.