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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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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316008958
ISBN-13
9780316008952
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73077709

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Book Title
Imperial Cruise : a Secret History of Empire and War
Author
James Bradley
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Military / Strategy, Military / Naval, Modern / 20th Century, Military / United States, Imperialism, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
400 Pages

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Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
24.2 Oz

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Va58.B69 2009
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TERRIFIC PRAISE FORTHE IMPERIAL CRUISE: "James Bradley's incendiary new book...is startling enough to reshape conventional wisdom about Roosevelt's presidency...In Flags of Our Fathers he wrote about how his father helped plant the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II. In The Imperial Cruise he asks why American servicemen like his father had to be fighting in the Pacific at all.", TERRIFIC PRAISE FOR THE IMPERIAL CRUISE : "James Bradley's incendiary new book...is startling enough to reshape conventional wisdom about Roosevelt's presidency...In Flags of Our Fathers he wrote about how his father helped plant the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II. In The Imperial Cruise he asks why American servicemen like his father had to be fighting in the Pacific at all."-- Janet Maslin , New York Times, "For readers under the impression that history is the story of good guys and bad guys, and that Americans are always the former, this book could be useful medicine."-- Rick Hampson , USA Today, TERRIFIC PRAISE FOR THE IMPERIAL CRUISE: "James Bradley's incendiary new book...is startling enough to reshape conventional wisdom about Roosevelt's presidency...In Flags of Our Fathers he wrote about how his father helped plant the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II. In The Imperial Cruise he asks why American servicemen like his father had to be fighting in the Pacific at all.", [Bradley's] ingenious narrative thread is to track an across-the-pacific 1905 goodwill voyage by Roosevelt's emissaries....[his indictment of Roosevelt] raises tantalizing questions., TERRIFIC PRAISE FOR THE IMPERIAL CRUISE : "James Bradley's incendiary new book...is startling enough to reshape conventional wisdom about Roosevelt's presidency...InFlags of Our Fathershe wrote about how his father helped plant the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II. InThe Imperial Cruisehe asks why American servicemen like his father had to be fighting in the Pacific at all.", A provocative study...What is fascinating about Bradley's reconstruction of a largely neglected aspect of Roosevelt's legacy is the impact that his racial theories and his obsession with personal and national virility had on his diplomacy. Engrossing and revelatory, The Imperial Cruise is revisionist history at its best., A provocative study...What is fascinating about Bradley's reconstruction of a largely neglected aspect of Roosevelt's legacy is the impact that his racial theories and his obsession with personal and national virility had on his diplomacy. Engrossing and revelatory,The Imperial Cruiseis revisionist history at its best., "[Bradley's] ingenious narrative thread is to track an across-the-pacific 1905 goodwill voyage by Roosevelt's emissaries....[his indictment of Roosevelt] raises tantalizing questions."-- Gene santoro , American History, For readers under the impression that history is the story of good guys and bad guys, and that Americans are always the former, this book could be useful medicine., "Engaging...this is a book to admire and, it must be said, to enjoy." -- David M. Shribman , The Boston Globe, "A provocative study...What is fascinating about Bradley's reconstruction of a largely neglected aspect of Roosevelt's legacy is the impact that his racial theories and his obsession with personal and national virility had on his diplomacy. Engrossing and revelatory, The Imperial Cruise is revisionist history at its best."-- Ronald Steel , New York Times Book Review
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2009-032176
Dewey Decimal
359.4
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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by 915oscarpNov 14, 2019
Must, must, must read
Best book I have ever read on American history. So many facts about the politics carried out by this country that have never been taught in schools. This should be required reading for high school, college lever students and probably for all those idiots in Congress. Truly enlightening, shameful and yet revealing about out Country.
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by majorstufFeb 05, 2014
An unexpected analysis of events from Pearl Harbor up to the present day!
I bought this to learn more about the path that led to Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, and about President Theodore Roosevelt. I got a lot more than I had expected! This work delves into the relationship between racial theories of the era and the policies of the Great Powers. It would seem that TR and Hitler shared an interest in role of the Aryan as the engine that drove World History! The author shows how politicians can blunder their way into all sorts of disasters (such as our war in Iraq). The events in this book are very relevant to today's geopolitics. Very well-written!
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by harleypartsrusNov 12, 2010
Great read
Book arrived in great shape. Although I usually only read fiction, I found this historical book great reading. I could barely put it down. The time period of 1895-1906 was something I wasn't familiar with, nor was I aware that the President manipulated the media so entirely even back then! It certainly lowered my opinion of Teddy Roosevelt and Taft. Their racial bigotry was horrendously reminescent of the Hitler era! I can also see now how events on that cruise set up the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor several decades later. How sad!
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by ol-tyme-proNov 30, 2022
The Imperial Cruise
This is a huge dose of American history I, and I'm sure most Americans, have not been exposed to.
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by bobt721Mar 05, 2010
a must read - The imperial Cruise
A great book - very revealing of the crap that goes on with the federal government - and is even more prevalent today with the curent administration I bought this book because of the author, having read and enjoyed his previous 2 books, specially as he is the son of a very special person - a U S Marine ----andan Iwo Jima survivor ... oops -- 90% Marine as a Navy corpsman. The concepts revealed in this book should be read by all

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