Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War -- James Bradley, Paperback

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.

Author: James Bradley
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 11/08/2010
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.40w x 1.05d
ISBN: 9780316014007

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 12/19/2010 pg. 20

About the Author
James Bradley is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Imperial Cruise, Flyboys, and Flags of Our Fathers, and a son of one of the men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima.