Analyzes 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.
Record details
ISBN:0316008958
ISBN:9780316008952 :
Physical Description:387 pages: illustrations,map ; 25 cm. print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York, NY : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Content descriptions
General Note:
Maps on lining papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-373) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
One hundred years later -- Civilization follows the Sun -- Benevolent intentions -- Pacific Negroes -- Haoles -- 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.
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