War Plan Orange: U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan 1897-1945.

Miller, Edward.

ISBN 10: 0870217593 / ISBN 13: 9780870217593

Published by Naval Institute, 1991., 1991

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1st ed. 509p. Maps. Photos. Heavy. SIGNED & inscribed. In mylar. Fine/Fine copy. Seller Inventory # 64-648B

Bibliographic Details

Title: War Plan Orange: U.S. Strategy to Defeat ...

Publisher: Naval Institute, 1991.

Publication Date: 1991

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

Recounts how the Navy developed a plan to defeat Japan during the years prior to World War II, and describes how this plan was implemented

Reviews:

Prior to World War II, the United States's war plans were code-named by color. Japan was Orange and the United States was Blue. Miller (a retired business executive) spent over 15 years researching the plan that was used to defeat Japan. He states that the plan "was . . . history's most successful war plan . . . . The prewar plans of other great powers proved, by and large, to be costly failures." Miller also gives insights into the impact of the officers who hammered out War Plan Orange: the "realists" and "adventurists," or the "cautionaries" and "thrusters." This is an important book for anyone wishing to understand the methods of American war planning, and it is the only book on War Plan Orange. Miller's writing style and lucid explanations make the book suitable for most readers, even though it is clearly for scholars and specialists in the field. Recommended for most academic libraries and for public libraries where there is a strong interest in World War II in the Pacific.
- Dennis L. Noble, Washington State Lib., Clallam Bay Corrections Ctr.
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