Kamikaze diaries reflections of Japanese student soldiers /

Kamikaze diaries reflections of Japanese student soldiers /

"We tried to live with 120 percent intensity, rather than waiting for death. We read and read, trying to understand why we had to die in our early twenties. We felt the clock ticking away towards our death, every sound of the clock shortening our lives." So wrote Irokawa Daikichi, one of t...

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Main Author: Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko.
Format: Electronic Online Resource eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Japan. > Kaigun. > Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, Japanese.
Kamikaze pilots > Diaries.
japan, military, soldiers, kamikaze pilots, tokkotai, world war ii, operation, correspondence, diaries, university students, draft, volunteerism, fear, imperialism, oral history, nonfiction, politics, invasion, empire, battle, loyalty, nationalism, enemy, patriotism, freedom, death, meaning, purpose, front lines, flight, air, suicide mission.
Online Access:Ebook Central Academic Complete
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