詹姆斯·布拉德利（JamesBradley），美國著名曆史類暢銷書作傢，威斯康星大學東亞史碩士。其父是在硫磺島戰役中將美國國旗插上硫磺島的六人之一。先後齣版多部作品，其中《父輩的旗幟》《飛行員》先後名列《紐約時報》暢銷書榜單第一，《父輩的旗幟》被翻譯成德、意、日、西等多國語言，並有同名電影上映。

In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. Roosevelt's glamorous twenty-one year old daughter Alice served as mistress of the cruise, which included senators and congressmen. On this trip, Taft concluded secret agreements in Roosevelt's name.

In 2005, a century later, James Bradley traveled in the wake of Roosevelt's mission and discovered what had transpired in Honolulu, Tokyo, Manila, Beijing and Seoul.

In 1905, Roosevelt was bully-confident and made secret agreements that he though would secure America's westward push into the Pacific. Instead, he lit the long fuse on the Asian firecrackers that would singe America's hands for a century.