Full name: The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War

Author: James Bradley Year: 2009 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Politics, War/Military, Biographies Cultures: Asia, Japan Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads Barns&Noble eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780316008952 0316008958

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. Contents: History repeating -- Civilization follows the Sun -- Benevolent intentions -- Pacific Negroes -- Haoles -- 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 -- Similar books: Flyboys by James Bradley Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley Legends, Lies, and Cherished Myths of American History by Richard Shenkman A Short History of the United States by Robert V. Remini If You Lived 100 Years Ago by Ann McGovern That's Not in My American History Book by Thomas Ayres A New World by Arthur J. Quinn Unsolved Mysteries of American History by Paul Aron The Cycles of American History by Arthur Meier Schlesinger I Wish I'd Been There by Byron Hollinshead A Nation Rising by Kenneth C. Davis The Men Who United the States by Simon Winchester The War Lovers by Evan Thomas Don't Know Much About History by Kenneth C. Davis How the States Got Their Shapes Too by Mark Stein Unlikely Allies by Joel Richard Paul Lies Across America by James W. Loewen Lawrence in Arabia by Scott Anderson 1776 by David McCullough A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan