false 6452811 1 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. 6643017 book 24 11 2009 The Imperial Cruise: A True Story of Empire and War total:6|5:1|4:4|3:1|2:0|1:0| 6 24 70 5 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 4 0 false Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 19:31:27 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 19:48:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Sat Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 17:48:09 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 11:19:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 4 1 false Wed Nov 11 08:20:28 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 21:02:15 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 5 0 false Sun Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 16:09:12 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 16:09:55 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 4 0 false Fri Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 16:44:44 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 05:34:30 -0800 2009 http://thebookwormslibrary.com/?p=1910]]> 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Mon Dec 14 20:33:06 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 20:33:06 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Mon Dec 14 17:18:02 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 17:18:02 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Mon Dec 14 09:15:11 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 09:15:11 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Mon Dec 14 05:19:33 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 05:19:33 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Mon Dec 14 01:35:31 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 01:35:31 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Sat Dec 12 21:00:41 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 21:00:41 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Sat Dec 12 14:55:23 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 14:55:23 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Sat Dec 12 07:34:08 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 07:34:10 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Fri Dec 11 14:46:14 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 14:46:14 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Fri Dec 11 10:33:37 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 10:33:37 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Thu Dec 10 15:03:51 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 15:03:51 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Thu Dec 10 13:35:04 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 13:35:04 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Wed Dec 09 23:03:02 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 23:03:02 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Wed Dec 09 16:23:07 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 16:23:07 -0800 2009 6452811 0316008958 9780316008952 6 5 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise 0 0 false Wed Dec 09 15:25:12 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 15:25:12 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6452811