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Author Bradley, James, 1954-

Title The imperial cruise : a secret history of empire and war / James Bradley.

Imprint New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  359.4 B728i 2009    ---  Available
 Eureka Non-Fiction  973.911 Bra    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 387 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-373) and index.
Contents History repeating -- Civilization follows the Sun -- Benevolent intentions -- Pacific Negroes -- Houles -- Honorary Aryans -- Playing Roosevelt's game -- The Japanese Monroe Doctrine for Asia -- The imperial cruise -- Roosevelt's open and closed doors -- Incognito in Japan -- Sellout in Seoul -- Following the Sun.
Summary In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his gun-toting daughter Alice and a gaggle of congressmen on a mission to Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. There, they would quietly forge a series of agreements that divided up Asia. At the time, Roosevelt was bully-confident about America's future on the continent. But these secret pacts lit the fuse that would--decades later--result in a number of devastating wars: WWII, the Korean War, the communist revolution in China. One hundred years later, James Bradley retraces that epic voyage and discovers the remarkable truth about America's vast imperial past--and its world-shaking consequences. Full of fascinating characters and brilliantly told, The Imperial Cruise will forever reshape the way we understand U.S. history.--From the publisher.
Subject United States. Navy -- Cruise, 1905.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Political and social views.
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan.
Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- East Asia.
East Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Imperialism -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780316008952
0316008958
9780316014007 (pbk.)
0316014001 (pbk.)

 
    
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