In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his gun-toting daughter Alice and a gaggle of congressmen on a mission to Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. There, they would quietly forge a series of agreements that divided up Asia. At the time, Roosevelt was bully-confident about America's future on the continent. But these secret pacts lit the fuse that would--decades later--result in a number of devastating...

A portrait of Theodore Roosevelt's controversial 1912 campaign describes how he unsuccessfully challenged close friend William Howard Taft for the nomination, established key practices in primary elections, and created a new political party.

This collection includes Foulke's correspondence relating to civil service reform, the women's rights movement, Indiana and national Republican party politics, the Progressive Party in 1912 and 1916, American involvement in the Philippine Islands, his work on behalf of American preparedness in World War I, and his work with the League to Enforce Peace and the League of Nations. Copies of Foulke's extensive correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt regarding...