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Box 18

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Contains 6 Results:

War Plan Orange (published copy), undated

 File — Box: 18
Identifier: MSC-296- Series VII
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains research materials accumulated by Edward S. Miller while writing War Plan Orange, the definitive work on the US Navy's war planning activities against Japan that was published in 1991 by the Naval Institute Press. Orange was the code name for Japan in US war plans. The bulk of the collection consists of copies of documents, articles, and notes taken by Mr. Miller during a twenty-year period of study involving investigations into the various the versions of War Plan Orange, the functioning of the Navy's war planning branches and divisions, and the senior naval officers involved in the process of developing the Navy's war plans. In addition to specific materials on War Plan Orange and war planning in general, the collection includes a biographical file containing information on the US Navy's war planners, a geographical file containing information on various islands in the Pacific, and a subject file containing information on such topics as aviation and logistics.

The collection also includes Mr. Miller's personal papers relating to the pre and post-publication of War Plan Orange including reviews and commentaries on prepublication manuscripts and a copy of the book itself.

Dates: undated

Book Proposals and Critiques, 1984-1986

 File — Box: 18
Identifier: MSC-296- Series VII
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains research materials accumulated by Edward S. Miller while writing War Plan Orange, the definitive work on the US Navy's war planning activities against Japan that was published in 1991 by the Naval Institute Press. Orange was the code name for Japan in US war plans. The bulk of the collection consists of copies of documents, articles, and notes taken by Mr. Miller during a twenty-year period of study involving investigations into the various the versions of War Plan Orange, the functioning of the Navy's war planning branches and divisions, and the senior naval officers involved in the process of developing the Navy's war plans. In addition to specific materials on War Plan Orange and war planning in general, the collection includes a biographical file containing information on the US Navy's war planners, a geographical file containing information on various islands in the Pacific, and a subject file containing information on such topics as aviation and logistics.

The collection also includes Mr. Miller's personal papers relating to the pre and post-publication of War Plan Orange including reviews and commentaries on prepublication manuscripts and a copy of the book itself.

Dates: 1984-1986

Negative Critiques, 1988

 File — Box: 18
Identifier: MSC-296- Series VII
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains research materials accumulated by Edward S. Miller while writing War Plan Orange, the definitive work on the US Navy's war planning activities against Japan that was published in 1991 by the Naval Institute Press. Orange was the code name for Japan in US war plans. The bulk of the collection consists of copies of documents, articles, and notes taken by Mr. Miller during a twenty-year period of study involving investigations into the various the versions of War Plan Orange, the functioning of the Navy's war planning branches and divisions, and the senior naval officers involved in the process of developing the Navy's war plans. In addition to specific materials on War Plan Orange and war planning in general, the collection includes a biographical file containing information on the US Navy's war planners, a geographical file containing information on various islands in the Pacific, and a subject file containing information on such topics as aviation and logistics.

The collection also includes Mr. Miller's personal papers relating to the pre and post-publication of War Plan Orange including reviews and commentaries on prepublication manuscripts and a copy of the book itself.

Dates: 1988

Final Critiques of Revised Manuscript, 1990

 File — Box: 18
Identifier: MSC-296- Series VII
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains research materials accumulated by Edward S. Miller while writing War Plan Orange, the definitive work on the US Navy's war planning activities against Japan that was published in 1991 by the Naval Institute Press. Orange was the code name for Japan in US war plans. The bulk of the collection consists of copies of documents, articles, and notes taken by Mr. Miller during a twenty-year period of study involving investigations into the various the versions of War Plan Orange, the functioning of the Navy's war planning branches and divisions, and the senior naval officers involved in the process of developing the Navy's war plans. In addition to specific materials on War Plan Orange and war planning in general, the collection includes a biographical file containing information on the US Navy's war planners, a geographical file containing information on various islands in the Pacific, and a subject file containing information on such topics as aviation and logistics.

The collection also includes Mr. Miller's personal papers relating to the pre and post-publication of War Plan Orange including reviews and commentaries on prepublication manuscripts and a copy of the book itself.

Dates: 1990

Correspondence, Editing and Production, 1987-1991

 File — Box: 18
Identifier: MSC-296- Series VII
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains research materials accumulated by Edward S. Miller while writing War Plan Orange, the definitive work on the US Navy's war planning activities against Japan that was published in 1991 by the Naval Institute Press. Orange was the code name for Japan in US war plans. The bulk of the collection consists of copies of documents, articles, and notes taken by Mr. Miller during a twenty-year period of study involving investigations into the various the versions of War Plan Orange, the functioning of the Navy's war planning branches and divisions, and the senior naval officers involved in the process of developing the Navy's war plans. In addition to specific materials on War Plan Orange and war planning in general, the collection includes a biographical file containing information on the US Navy's war planners, a geographical file containing information on various islands in the Pacific, and a subject file containing information on such topics as aviation and logistics.

The collection also includes Mr. Miller's personal papers relating to the pre and post-publication of War Plan Orange including reviews and commentaries on prepublication manuscripts and a copy of the book itself.

Dates: 1987-1991

Edward S. Miller collection of research material relating to War Plan Orange

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-296
Abstract

Research materials on the US Navy's Navy's pre-World War II plans for war with Japan accumulated by Edward Miller for his award winning book War Plan Orange: The US. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945 published by the Naval Institute Press in 1991 accompanied by his personal papers related to the book's publication.

Dates: 1870 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1945