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

Edward S. Miller

Naval Institute Press, 2007 - History - 509 pages

Based on twenty years of research in formerly secret archives, this book reveals for the first time the full significance of War Plan Orange--the U.S. Navy's strategy to defeat Japan, formulated over the forty years prior to World War II.

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A history of the U. S. Navy's evolving naval plans relative to conducting a Pacific war with Japan. The plans developed after the acquisition of the Philippine Islands, and were based upon the recovery of same when captured by the Japanese.

War Plan Orange: the U. S. strategy to defeat Japan, 1897-1945

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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 ...

About the author

Edward S. Miller, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in economics at Syracuse University and the Harvard Advanced Management Program, served as chief financial officer of a major international mining corporation and the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation. His interest in business planning led to the writing of War Plan Orange, winner of five distinguished history book awards. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Bibliographic information

• Title: War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945
• Author: Edward S. Miller
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, annotated
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2007
• ISBN: 1591145007, 9781591145004
• Length: 509 pages
• Subjects: History / Military / Naval; History / Military / Strategy; History / Military / United States; History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General