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The imperial cruise : a secret history of empire and war /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bradley, James, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
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.
Table of Contents:
  • One hundred years later
  • 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
  • Notes
  • Index.