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Author Sheftall, M. G. (Mordecai G.)

Title Blossoms in the wind : human legacies of the Kamikaze / M.G. Sheftall.

Publication Info. New York : NAL Caliber, [2005]
©2005

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5426 SHEFTALL    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.5426 SHE    Check Shelf
Description x, 480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-471) and index.
Summary In the last days of World War II, the Japanese unleashed a new breed of warrior, the kamikaze--idealistic young men believing 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 in battle--and lived? Soon after the 9/11 attacks, ethnographer M.G. Sheftall was given unprecedentedly intimate access to the cloistered community of Japan's last remaining kamikaze corps survivors. The result is a poignant and unforgettable glimpse into the lives and mindsets of former kamikaze pilots who never completed their final missions.--From publisher description.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese.
Kamikaze airplanes.
Kamikaze pilots.
Suicide -- Japan -- Psychological aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean.
Japan. Kaigun. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai.
Japan -- History, Military.
ISBN 0451214870 trade hardcover alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780451214874
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