Blossoms in the Wind

Human Legacies of the Kamikaze

M.G. Sheftall

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Dutton / Signet
06 June 2023

History

Back with Caliber after more than a decade out of print, a revelatory and groundbreaking account of Imperial Japan's kamikaze-the suicide pilots of World War II-as told through the eyes of survivors

A revelatory and groundbreaking account of Imperial Japan's kamikaze-the suicide pilots of World War II-as told through the eyes of the survivors

In the final year of World War II, a horrific new weapon was unleashed in the Pacific- the kamikaze. Idealistic, young Japanese men had been taught that there was no greater glory than to sacrifice one's life to defend the homeland. Now, with the war all but lost, thousands of these determined warriors were hastily trained in the basics of piloting an airplane, then sent out in waves to crash into enemy warships, suicide attacks that killed altogether some seven thousand American sailors.

But what of those men who took the sacred oath to die in battle and lived? In the wake of 9/11, ethnographer M. G. Sheftall was given unprecedented access to the cloistered community of Japan's last remaining kamikaze survivors. As an American fluent in Japanese, Sheftall was the only westerner to ever sit face-to-face with these men and hear their stories. The result is a fascinating journey into the lives, indoctrination, and mindsets of the kamikaze, through the eyes of participants who are now lost to time.

By: M.G. Sheftall
Imprint: Dutton / Signet
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 238mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 744g
ISBN: 9780593472316
ISBN 10: 0593472314
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 06 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

M. G. Sheftall is a professor of Modern Japanese Cultural History and Communication at Shizuoka University. He has a PhD in International Relations/Modern Japanese History, awarded by Waseda University in Tokyo, the most highly regarded private university in Japan. A native New Yorker, Sheftall has lived in Japan since 1987.