Reprint of undated work from the Office of the Chief of Military History. Discusses the strategy employed in the defeat of Japan. Gives an overview of the seeds of conflict and strategy and the pre-war policy. Also gives details regarding preparing for coalition warfare and the strategy of friendly neutrality, the first two years and the strategy of adjustment and the long-range plan and the commitment to total war. Finally, it looks at the last two years of war and reaching the final decisions and summarizes with a reflection and appraisal.