Blossoms in the Wind
Human Legacies of the Kamikaze
$66.18
- Hardcover
496 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2023
Summary
Back with Caliber after more than a decade out of print, a revelatory and groundbreaking account of Imperial Japan’s kamikaze—the suicide pilots of World War II—as told through the eyes of the survivors.
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 de…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593472316 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593472314 |
| Author: | M.G. Sheftall |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Dutton / Signet |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 744g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 160mm |
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About The Author
M.G. Sheftall
M. G. Sheftall is a professor of Modern Japanese Cultural History and Communication at Shizuoka University. He has a PhD in International Relations/Modern Japanese History, awarded by Waseda University in Tokyo. A native New Yorker, Sheftall has lived in Japan since 1987.
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