2009 "First Edition: November 2009" stated; Little, Brown and Company publishers, New York; hardbound in ash grey and black boards with white bold lettering along spine; Pacific Ocean maps inside boards; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket very good.
 
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In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his gun-toting daughter Alice and a gaggle of congressmen on a mission to Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. There, they would quietly forge a series of agreements that divided up Asia. At the time, Roosevelt was bully-confident about America's future on the continent. But these secret pacts lit the fuse that would--decades later--result in a number of devastating wars: WWII, the Korean War, the communist revolution in China. One hundred years later, James Bradley retraces that epic voyage and discovers the remarkable truth about America's vast imperial past--and its world-shaking consequences. Full of fascinating characters and brilliantly told, The Imperial Cruise will forever reshape the way we understand U.S. history.

Contents:
History repeating
Civilization follows the Sun
Benevolent intentions
Pacific Negroes
Haoles
Honorary Aryans
Playing Roosevelt's game
The Japanese Monroe Doctrine for Asia
The imperial cruise
Roosevelt's open and closed doors
Incognito in Japan
Sellout in Seoul
Following the Sun