The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
by:
James Bradley (author)
On the success of his two bestselling books about World War II, James Bradley began to wonder what the real catalyst was for the Pacific War. What he discovered shocked him. In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his daughter Alice, and a gaggle of congressmen...
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On the success of his two bestselling books about World War II, James Bradley began to wonder what the real catalyst was for the Pacific War. What he discovered shocked him. In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his daughter Alice, and a gaggle of congressmen on a mission to Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea with the intent of forging an agreement to divide up Asia. This clandestine pact lit the fuse that would-decades later-result in a number of devastating wars: WWII, the Korean War, and the communist revolution in China.In 2005, James Bradley retraced that epic voyage and discovered the remarkable truth about America's vast imperial past. Full of fascinating characters brought brilliantly to life, The Imperial Cruise will powerfully revise the way we understand U.S. history.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316014007 (0316014001)
Publish date: November 8th 2010
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Pages no: 400
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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