The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War - Couverture souple

Bradley, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0316072680 ISBN 13 : 9780316072687

Editeur : Little, Brown and Company, 2009

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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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AUDIE AWARD FINALIST:

"FLYBOYS, the story of the U.S. air campaign against Japan during WWII, is told in exacting detail by James Bradley.... In this biography, Bradley describes the Japanese military mind and attitude toward foreigners and tells of their actions toward their own soldiers and the men they captured during the war. Bradley reads his work in a matter-of-fact tone, never emphasizing or downplaying the atrocities on either side of the war. The graphic, horrific details of Japanese torture, mutilation, murder, and cannibalism are recited calmly and succinctly by Bradley, as are the detailed results of America's bombing of Japan."―AudioFile Magazine

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown and Company
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0316072680
• ISBN 13: 9780316072687
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400