| The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War |  | Author: James Bradley
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Category: Book
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Format: Large Print
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Lrg
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5
ISBN: 0316024619
EAN: 9780316024617
ASIN: 0316024619
Publication Date: November 24, 2009
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In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. Roosevelt's glamorous twenty-one year old daughter Alice served as mistress of the cruise, which included senators and congressmen. On this trip, Taft concluded secret agreements in Roosevelt's name.
In 2005, a century later, James Bradley traveled in the wake of Roosevelt's mission and discovered what had transpired in Honolulu, Tokyo, Manila, Beijing and Seoul.
In 1905, Roosevelt was bully-confident and made secret agreements that he though would secure America's westward push into the Pacific. Instead, he lit the long fuse on the Asian firecrackers that would singe America's hands for a century.
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