Title: War Plan Orange : the U.S. strategy to defeat Japan, 1897-1945 /
Authors: Miller, Edward S.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press,
Year: 1991
Subjects: United States. History; Military planning United States History; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area.; World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American.; World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, Japanese.
Contents: Plan Orange and global war -- The American way of planning : the independent staffs -- The geopolitics of the Pacific War -- Grand strategy -- The Eastern Pacific bastion -- The Western Pacific capitulation -- The great western base -- The American way of planning : thrusters and cautionaries -- The through ticket -- The cautionary strategy -- The thrusters' resurgence -- The American way of planning : the professionals -- A marginally saner policy -- The siege of Japan -- Quest for a strategy -- The American way of planning : cooperation and campaign plans -- Royal road : the ocean campaign -- Royal road : the path divides -- The American way of planning : the defensivists' revolt -- Defensivism versus Plan Orange -- Tilting the offensive northward -- The great western arsenal, dead at last -- The American way of planning : on the eve of war -- Instant fury delayed -- Fleet battle in the Central Pacific, 1941 -- Total or limited war? -- The American way of planning : the planners at war -- Plan Orange at war : the ocean strategy implemented -- Plan Orange at war : innovation and surprise -- Plan Orange at war : the better strategy.