About this title: A compelling chronicle of men whose greatest desire was to die as warriors-and the legacy that still haunts those whose destinies were never fulfilled. In the last days of World War II, the Japanese unleashed a new breed of warrior-the Kamikaze, idealistic young men who believed there could be no greater glory than to sacrifice their lives in suicide attacks to defend their homeland. But what of those men who took the sacred oath to die-and lived? Soon after 9/11, ethnographer M.G. Sheftall was given unprecedented access to the cloistered community of Japan's last remaining Kamikaze ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New American Library
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780451218520ISBN:0451218523
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New American Library
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780451218520ISBN:0451218523
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New American Library
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780451218520ISBN:0451218523
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Three reading creases on spine. Hardly noticeable. No other imperfections. VG+ Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 430 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Edition: Presumed First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NAL Hardcover
Date Published: 2005-07-05
ISBN-13:9780451214874ISBN:0451214870
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