Naval Night Battles of the Solomons

The book's main focus is on the detailed logs of the allied ships involved in 14 encounters in the Solomon Islands during WWII at the start of the allied offensive against Japan. There is some excellent and brief commentary, which I found a very nice companion to the log records that provide the excitement and quite clear pictures of the participants. I found the book helps to point out that these battles are a reflection of the entire Pacific War - allied aggressiveness, determination, and eventually technology, education & experience (from early disasters & unwitting victories), attrition & production, and fortune, helped turn these battles in the allies favor. If the book were perfectly edited it deserves at least 4 stars, but the editing is one of the worst jobs I've ever seen. Since the text is in chronological order, obvious errors exist when times are minutes, or sometimes hours, out of place, yet the sequence of events are in the correct order. Also, when giving rosters of ships involved in an encounter, I found that some ships were listed twice, while others where not mentioned. The editing deserves only 1 star. I have a used first edition copy that I read, so maybe there were more editions that corrected these obvious errors. I do admit that I will keep the book for reference despite its flaws, and is worth reading if one is not too annoyed with those editing errors.