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050 0 0 _aVA58
_b.B69 2009
082 0 0 _a973.911 BRA
100 1 _aBradley, James
_d, 1954-
245 1 4 _aThe imperial cruise
_b: a secret history of empire and war
_c/ James Bradley
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York
_b: Little, Brown and Co.
_c, c2009.
300 _a387 p.
_b: ill., maps
_c; 25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [337]-373) and index.
505 0 _aOne hundred year later -- Civilization Follows the Sun -- Benevolent intentions -- Pacific Negroes -- Houles -- Honorary Aryans -- Playing Roosevelt's game -- The Japanese Monroe Doctrine for Asia -- The imperial cruise -- Roosevelt's open and closed doors -- Incognito in Japan -- Sellout in Seoul -- Following the Sun.
520 _aAnalyzes the multinational conflicts that set the stage for World War II, the Chinese communist revolution, and the Korean War, documenting Theodore Roosevelt's 1905 diplomatic mission in the Pacific through which the United States forged ill-fated covert agreements.
600 1 0 _aRoosevelt, Theodore
_d, 1858-1919.
600 1 0 _aTaft, William H. (William Howard)
_d, 1857-1930
650 0 _aImperialism
_x--United States -- History -- 20th century
651 0 _aUnited States
_x--History, Naval
_y--20th century
651 0 _aUnited States
_x--Foreign relations
_z--Japan
651 0 _aJapan
_x--Foreign relations
_z--United States
651 4 _aUnited States
_x-Foreign relations
_z-East Asia.
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