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The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War

Author:
James Bradley
Read by:
Richard Poe
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17
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1
Release Date
November 24, 2009
Duration
9 hours 0 minutes
Summary
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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Profile Avatar Jonathon S. Oct 2018

It was very good as far as information goes. It is a little slow, but still good.

The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War

The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War

Author: James Bradley
Read by: Richard Poe
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