A surprising look at the history of American imperialism, focusing in particular on Teddy Roosevelt and William Taft and their roles in the Spanish American war, the annexation of Hawaii, and the possession of Cuba and the Philippines. Rather hard to read at times, because of the horrifically racist things that the main actors in the story say. I've read several other biographies of Roosevelt, and I had no idea how obsessed he was with "Teuton purity".