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The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War   James Bradley
An account of the cruise in 1904-1905 to cement U.S. colonies in Asia with in-depth background to it. Completely undermines Teddy Roosevelt’s manly image. Good description of the powerful racism everywhere in American culture, especially in Roosevelt’s policies toward Asia, the depth of Roosevelt’s personal racism is staggering. Astonishing how Roosevelt and Taft completely bungled policy toward Asia. Bradley does a pretty good job of showing how their policies led to our involvement in World War II in the Pacific. Found Alice to be kind of interesting. Informative and mostly convincing.