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The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War

Door James Bradley

Categorie
Geschiedenis Noord-Amerika
Boeknummer
#269245
Titel
The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
Auteur
Bradley, James
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
New York etc., Little, Brown and Company
Jaar van uitgave
2009
ISBN10
0316072680
ISBN13
9780316072687
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
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.
Pagina's
387
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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