Kamikaze: The Sacred Warriors 1944-45
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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In the closing, desperate chapters of the Pacific War, young Japanese pilots strapped themselves into aircraft laden with explosives and flew toward certain death — and Kamikaze: The Sacred Warriors 1944-45 chronicles this extraordinary and harrowing phenomenon with unflinching historical precision. Denis and Peggy Warner, in collaboration with Japanese naval historian Sadao Seno, reconstruct the origins, organisation, and brutal reality of the tokko tai (Special Attack Units), presenting a meticulously researched account of how Imperial Japan weaponised sacrifice in its final bid to repel the Allied advance across the Pacific. Drawing on rare Japanese military records, survivor testimonies, and Allied naval reports, the authors illuminate the profound cultural, psychological, and strategic forces that propelled thousands of young men to their deaths between 1944 and 1945. The work stands as a landmark of Pacific War historiography, balancing rigorous scholarship with deeply human storytelling — refusing to reduce the kamikazes to mere fanatics while never shying from the devastating effectiveness of their attacks on Allied fleets. For anyone seeking to understand the true cost and complexity of the Pacific theatre's final act, this authoritative account raises questions about duty, death, and devotion that linger long after the last page is turned.
Author: Denis And Peggy Warner With Sadao Seno
Format: Paperback
Published: 1983, Oxford University Press
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the closing, desperate chapters of the Pacific War, young Japanese pilots strapped themselves into aircraft laden with explosives and flew toward certain death — and Kamikaze: The Sacred Warriors 1944-45 chronicles this extraordinary and harrowing phenomenon with unflinching historical precision. Denis and Peggy Warner, in collaboration with Japanese naval historian Sadao Seno, reconstruct the origins, organisation, and brutal reality of the tokko tai (Special Attack Units), presenting a meticulously researched account of how Imperial Japan weaponised sacrifice in its final bid to repel the Allied advance across the Pacific. Drawing on rare Japanese military records, survivor testimonies, and Allied naval reports, the authors illuminate the profound cultural, psychological, and strategic forces that propelled thousands of young men to their deaths between 1944 and 1945. The work stands as a landmark of Pacific War historiography, balancing rigorous scholarship with deeply human storytelling — refusing to reduce the kamikazes to mere fanatics while never shying from the devastating effectiveness of their attacks on Allied fleets. For anyone seeking to understand the true cost and complexity of the Pacific theatre's final act, this authoritative account raises questions about duty, death, and devotion that linger long after the last page is turned.