War Plan Orange
Subtitle: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: March 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9781591145004
Subjects: American history: Second World War; Defence strategy, planning & research; History of specific subjects; Naval forces & warfare; War & defence operations; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; History; History - Military / War; Military; Japan; USA; Military - Strategy; Military - United States; Military - World War II; History / Military History; Military - General; Military - Naval
Description: 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. It recounts the struggles between "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. The book shows that the strategy of Plan Orange was the basis of prewar U.S. naval development in training, ship and aircraft design, and amphibious and tactical thought.
Table of contents: title: List of Maps and Figures; title: List of Tables; title: Foreword; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; label: 1
title: War Plan Orange and the Global War; label: 2
title: The American Way of Planning: The Independent Staffs; label: 3
title: The Geopolitics of the Pacific War; label: 4
title: Grand Strategy; label: 5
title: The Eastern Pacific Bastion; label: 6
title: The Western Pacific Capitulation; label: 7
title: The Great Western Base; label: 8
title: The American Way of Planning: Thrusters and Cautionaries; label: 9
title: The Through Ticket; label: 10
title: The Cautionary Strategy; label: 11
title: The Thrusters' Resurgence; label: 12
title: The American Way of Planning: The Professionals; label: 13
title: A Marginally Saner Policy; label: 14
title: The Siege of Japan; label: 15
title: Quest for a Strategy; label: 16
title: The American Way of Planning: Corperation and Campaign Plans; label: 17
title: Royal Road: The Ocean Campaign; label: 18
title: Royal Road: The Path Divides; label: 19
title: The American Way of Planning: The Defensivists' Revolt; label: 20
title: Defensivism versus Plan Orange; label: 21
title: Tilting the Offensive Northward; label: 22
title: The Great Western Arsenal, Dead at Last; label: 23
title: The American Way of Planning: On the Eve of War; label: 24
title: Instant Fury Delayed; label: 25
title: Fleet Battle in the Central Pacific, 1941; label: 26
title: Total or Limited Way?; label: 27
title: The American Way of Planning: The Planners at War; label: 28
title: Plan Orange at War: The Ocean Strategy Implemented; label: 29
title: Plan Orange at War: Innovation and Surprise; label: 30
title: Plan Orange at War: The Better Strategy; label: Appendix
title: U.S. Leaders Involved in War Plan Orange, 1906-1941; title: Abbreviations; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index