of interest to GR and Vineland readers: new book: Kamikaze Diaries

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Title: Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko: Kamikaze Diaries
Publisher: University of Chicago Press

This moving history presents correspondence left by
members of the
tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who
perished during the
war. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were
considered fanatics
who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor.
But the writings
explored here by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney eloquently speak
otherwise. A
correction to the many caricatures of the kamikaze,
this poignant work
will be essential to anyone interested in the history
of Japan and
World War II.

For more information, see the book synopsis at
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/177833.ctl


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