In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his gun-toting daughter Alice and a gaggle of congressmen on a mission to Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. There, they would quietly forge a series of agreements that divided up Asia. At the time, Roosevelt was bully-confident about America's future on the continent. But these secret pacts lit the fuse that would-decades later-result in a number of devastating wars: WWII, the Korean War, the communist revolution in China. One hundred years later, James Bradley retraces that epic voyage and discovers the remarkable truth about America's vast imperial past-and its world-shaking consequences. Full of fascinating characters and brilliantly told, The Imperial Cruise will forever reshape the way we understand U.S. history.
Chapter 1: One Hundred Years Later
Chapter 2: Civilization Follows the Sun
Chapter 3: Benevolent Intentions
Chapter 7: Playing Roosevelt’s Game
Chapter 8: The Japanese Monroe Doctrine for Asia
Chapter 9: The Imperial Cruise
Chapter 10: Roosevelt’s Open and Closed Doors
Chapter 11: Incognito in Japan