I WAS A KAMIKAZE

Nagatsuka, Ryuji

ISBN 10: 0025882805 / ISBN 13: 9780025882805

Edité par MacMillan Publishing Co., New York (1974), 1974

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Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine green and black pictorial dj. First American Edition. 212 pages. Illustrated. Appendix. The first inside story of legendary suicide squads of World War II ("Knights of the Divine Wind"). This author's contemplation of death has a philosophical tone, but at times he seems to be looking back on past events rather than describing his feelings and opinions during the war. . . Nagatsuka's in-depth account of his fears and inner struggles as he faces impending death makes this a valuable primary source to understand the psychology of the kamikaze pilots. ".

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: I WAS A KAMIKAZE
• Éditeur: MacMillan Publishing Co., New York (1974)
• Date de parution: 1974
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0025882805
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780025882805
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Collectible, Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Type de livre: Book

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Amberley's new series of Eyewitness Accounts bring history, warfare, disaster, travel and exploration to life, written by the people who could say, 'I was there!' Ryuji Nagatsuka did not know, when he made an application to become a pilot in October 1943, that by the following autumn Japan s situation in the war would be so critical that the role for which he was destined would be part of the most incomprehensible phenomenon of the hostilities that of a suicide pilot, known to the world as a kamikaze. He and his fellow kamikaze pilots had to be highly trained to crash exactly on target and to evade dense anti-aircraft fire. In this way, thirteen US warships were sunk, and 174 damaged, in the Battle of Okinawa. Here, in this extraordinary document, Nagatsuka gives us a unique insight into what it was that enabled these young men to die for their country in such a way and to do so willingly.