The imperial cruise : a secret history of empire and war /
From the Publisher: 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 ti...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Little, Brown and Co.,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | From the Publisher: 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. |
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| Item Description: | Maps on lining papers. |
| Physical Description: | 387 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-373) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0316008958 9780316008952 0316014001 (pbk.) 9780316014007 (pbk.) |