The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Bradley, James

Verlag: Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2009

Beschreibung

As new condition blue boards/black spine/silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by James Bradley; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index and About the Author. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, maps, drawings and map illustrated front and rear endpapers. The jacket front has an affixed 1 1/2 inch semi-circular affixed sticker stating "Autographed Copy". Signed by the author with thick black Sharpie on the full title page. "From the #1 bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys, a startling new look at the events that set the stage for World War II. In the summer of 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt dispatched the largest diplomatic mission in American history. Led by Secretary of War (and future president) William Howard Taft, the group traveled thousands of miles across the Pacific, docking in Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. Along for the ride was Teddy's daughter Alice, a media darling known for her wild behavior. She was not there by accident: her father knew that Alice would be an effective distraction for the reporters covering the journey. And Roosevelt had very good reason to keep his true motives concealed. During this trip, Taft, on Roosevelt's behalf, would negotiate a series of secret - and wholly unconstitutional - agreements that would lay the groundwork for America's Pacific engagement. These invisible treaties - brokered with the sliver of Asians that Roosevelt deemed "civilized" by virtue of their adoption of Western ways - would lead to World War II in the Pacific, the triumph of communism in China, the Korean War, and, within decades, tens of millions dead. The full details and implications of Roosevelt's illicit pacts would remain largely unknown until his own death, and then be effectively erased from the textbooks. A century later, James Bradley traveled in the wake of Roosevelt's imperial cruise, finally rediscovering what had actually transpired in Honolulu, Tokyo, Manila, Beijing, and Seoul. What he found will forever change the way you think about American history and the origins of war and empire in Asia." - from the inner front jacket flap. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: James Bradley is the son of John Bradley, one of the men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima. He lives in New York. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003619

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of ...

Verlag: Little, Brown and Company, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2009

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: As New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition