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Store Events - December 10, 6:00 p.m.
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Time: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:00 p.m.
Location: Pritzker Military Library 610 N. Fairbanks Ct., Chicago
Title of Event: JAMES BRADLEY
JAMES BRADLEY< author of the bestsellers Flyboys and Flags of Our Fathers, speaks about his new book, The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War, the story of Secretary of War William Howard Taft's 1905 diplomatic mission and Congressional cruise to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China and Korea that concluded with secret agreements in President Teddy Roosevelt's name.
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The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
by
Bradley, James
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$29.99
Published: Little Brown and Company, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
See all editions of this title.
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.
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