387 pages
English language
Published June 19, 2009 by Little, Brown and Co..
4 stars
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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.
Subjects
- Roosevelt, Theodore, -- 1858-1919
- Roosevelt, Theodore, -- 1858-1919 -- Political and social views
- Taft, William H. -- 1857-1930
- United States. -- Navy -- Cruise, 1905
- Imperialism -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- East Asia
- East Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States