The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781607886709 (1607886707)
Publish date: November 8th 2010
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
War,
Military,
Politics,
American History,
Asia,
Japan,
World History
James Bradley's sole qualification to write history is that his father was one of the flag-bearers on the iconic 'Marines raising Old Glory on Iwo Jima' photograph. His lack of professional training unfortunately results in some tendency to the "elites were busy signing secret agreements" historiogr...
I'm about halfway through and can't stand anymore. The author is working overtime to discredit TR as a racist and supremist which is total nonsense. The only thing worse than a badly researched and politically biased history book is that so many people will blindly read it and accept all the inaccur...
Excellent! (Sorry for the short review, I'll edit later, but if this time period interests you- READ IT.)
An excellent introduction to the history of American Foreign Policy in Asia.
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