New York, NY: Bantam Books, 2011. First Printing. Hardcover. “War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.”--Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023), Blood Meridian, or, The Evening Redness In The West. The Guadalcanal campaign, known more commonly as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed “Operation Watchtower” by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on..... More