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War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945
Edward S. Miller
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Paperback. Reveals the significance of War Plan Orange - the US Navy's strategy to defeat Japan. This title recounts the struggles between the 'thrusting' and 'cautionary' schools of strategy, the roles of outspoken leaders such as Dewey, Mahan, King, and MacArthur, and the adaptation of aviation and other technologies to the plan. Num Pages: 560 pages, 32 photographs, 32 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF; JWK; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
`A masterly study of the evolution of history's most successful war plan’ –The New York Times Book Review `A magnificent book’– General Colin L. Powell 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. The plan itself was formulated over forty years before the outbreak of World War II. It recounts the struggles between the`thrusting’ and `cautionary’ schools of strategy, the roles of outspoken leaders such as Dewey, Mahan, King and MacArthur, and the ... Read more
`A masterly study of the evolution of history's most successful war plan’ –The New York Times Book Review `A magnificent book’– General Colin L. Powell 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. The plan itself was formulated over forty years before the outbreak of World War II. It recounts the struggles between the`thrusting’ and `cautionary’ schools of strategy, the roles of outspoken leaders such as Dewey, Mahan, King and MacArthur, and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591145004
SKU
V9781591145004
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About Edward S. Miller
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, ... Read more
Reviews for War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945
A first-rate study of military intellectual history; a tour de force of the dynamics of strategic planning; and a thought-provoking analysis of the relationship between war plans drawn in peacetime and their execution in wartime
Intelligence and National Security
Intelligence and National Security