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The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
The Imperial Cruise A Secret History of Empire and War
Author: James Bradley
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 conclud...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316008952
ISBN-10: 0316008958
Publication Date: 11/24/2009
Pages: 400
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 28 ratings
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 3
Awful...this book claims that the sole cause of WWII was a racist attitude that the US Govt had for years. Ponderously written, full of inaccuracies, (see Amazon reviews). I quit on this book after 50 pages....after reading for the nth time that every American was Aryan.
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Helpful Score: 1
Really! One single voyage led to Communism in China? Maybe if you believe in the butterfly effect. I suspect that conditions other than American attitudes had more to do with most events in the world.
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