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The imperial cruise: a secret history of empire and war - James Bradley

James Bradley

The imperial cruise: a secret history of empire and war - James Bradley

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In 1905, President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.

diplomatic mission in history to Hawaii, Japan, China, and Korea.

A century later, Bradley travels in the wake of Roosevelt's mission to discover what transpired in these meetings.

In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.

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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