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The Imperial Cruise A Secret History of Empire and War Author: 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 »
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
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.
Michelle C. (Shellaree) - ID reviewed The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War on + 269 more book reviews
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
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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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
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.
Genres:
- History >> Asia >> Japan
- History >> World >> General
- History >> World >> 20th Century
- History >> Americas >> United States >> 20th Century >> General
- History >> Asia >> China >> General
- History >> Asia >> General
- History >> Military >> General