Bankrupting the enemy the us financial siege of japan before pearl harbor by edward s miller annapolis md naval institute press 2007 pp xvi 323 23 volume 68 issue 2 kris james mitchener. Bankrupting the enemy the us financial siege of japan before pearl harbor by edward s miller. Edward miller the author of the highly acclaimed war plan orange which detailed the us planning for war with japan prior to pearl harbor returns to the historical field with his examination of the economic warfare in particular the freezing of financial assets in july of 1941 conducted by the united states against japan prior to the surprise attack on the fleet in hawaii. Bankrupting the enemy the us financial siege of japan before pearl harbor annapolis md naval institute press 2007 xvi 325 pp isbn 978 1 59114 520 2 volume 9 issue 4 mark metzler