{"product_id":"imperial-cruise-a-secret-history-of-empire-and-war","title":"Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eImperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJames Bradley\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780316008952\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eLittle, Brown and Company\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2009\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e387\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War | James Bradley | Hardcover | 9780316008952 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks C 1779849","offer_id":49947750432920,"sku":"1779849","price":12.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81AiT-XFADL.jpg?v=1789780668","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/imperial-cruise-a-secret-history-of-empire-and-war","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}