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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
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
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4 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War on + 92 more book reviews
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.
buzzby avatar reviewed The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War on + 6062 more book reviews
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.
Shellaree avatar reviewed The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War on + 270 more book reviews
A very eye opening view of the history of the US and how we thought about Asians and what we did. A look in to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and the future president William Taft. There in Asia, the groundwork was laid for the happenings in WW2.
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An in depth view of the sordid history that led to our inciting Japan to a course that led to WWII. Makes one want to remove all positive vestiges of Teddy Roosevelt. Well researched blistering attack on him and Taft.