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Blossoms In The Wind
- Human Legacies of the Kamikaze
Engelsk Hardback
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Blossoms In The Wind
- Human Legacies of the Kamikaze
Engelsk Hardback

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In the final year of World War II, a horrific new weapon was unleashed in the Pacific: the kamikaze. Idealistic, young Japanese men had been taught that there was no greater glory than to sacrifice one''s life to defend the homeland. Now, with the war all but lost, thousands of these determined warriors were hastily trained in the basics of piloting an airplane, then sent out in waves to crash into enemy warships, suicide attacks that killed altogether some seven thousand American sailors. But what of those men who took the sacred oath to die in battle and lived? In the wake of 9/11, ethnographer M. G. Sheftall was given unprecedented access to the cloistered community of Japan''s last remaining kamikaze survivors. As an American fluent in Japanese, Sheftall was the only westerner to ever sit face-to-face with these men and hear their stories. The result is a fascinating journey into the lives, indoctrination, and mindsets of the kamikaze, through the eyes of participants who are now lost to time.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
496
ISBN-13:
9780593472316
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0593472314
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
9 maj 2023
Længde:
45mm
Bredde:
168mm
Højde:
235mm
Forlag:
Penguin Putnam Inc
Oplagsdato:
9 maj 2023
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