War Plan Taiwan; OPLAN 5077 and the US struggle for the Pacific. By Rowan Allport. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2026.
Reviewed by Tim Coyle
‘Predictions of the timeline, circumstances, and nature of a PRC move against Taiwan have become somewhat of an industry’. (War Plan Taiwan p.123)
In his Foreword to War Plan Taiwan Admiral James Stavridis USN (Ret.) former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, states his concern over ‘the potential for war between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over the fate of the Republic of China (ROC), or Taiwan’. Few would dispute his views.