The Imperial Cruise A Secret History of Empire and War
James Bradley
ISBN: | 9781600243950 |
Publisher: | Hachette Audio |
Published: | 21 January, 2010 |
Format: | Audiobook |
Language: | English |
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The Imperial Cruise A Secret History of Empire and War
James Bradley
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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