The Sacred Warriors: Japan's Suicide Legions
By Denis Warner, Peggy Warner and Commander Sadao Seno, JMSDF (Ret.)
Published By Van Nostrand Reinhold Books
Year Published 1982
Summary
This book give details about the effect of Japanese propaganda about Allied treatment of the Japanese and the Allied plans for Japan itself. It was such propaganda that lent itself to the concept of “The Divine Wind or Kamikaze”. The Japanese looked at the use of “special attack forces” as a way that might cause the Allies to rethink the idea of invading Japan and seek a more favorable peace plan for the Japanese. Events are vividly retold through interviews with people from both sides, including those who launched kamikaze attacks and those who survived them. the authors also look upon in detail the Japanese research and development of chemical and biological weapons.
Notes - Dust jacket has been ripped.
By Denis Warner, Peggy Warner and Commander Sadao Seno, JMSDF (Ret.)
Published By Van Nostrand Reinhold Books
Year Published 1982
Summary
This book give details about the effect of Japanese propaganda about Allied treatment of the Japanese and the Allied plans for Japan itself. It was such propaganda that lent itself to the concept of “The Divine Wind or Kamikaze”. The Japanese looked at the use of “special attack forces” as a way that might cause the Allies to rethink the idea of invading Japan and seek a more favorable peace plan for the Japanese. Events are vividly retold through interviews with people from both sides, including those who launched kamikaze attacks and those who survived them. the authors also look upon in detail the Japanese research and development of chemical and biological weapons.
Notes - Dust jacket has been ripped.
By Denis Warner, Peggy Warner and Commander Sadao Seno, JMSDF (Ret.)
Published By Van Nostrand Reinhold Books
Year Published 1982
Summary
This book give details about the effect of Japanese propaganda about Allied treatment of the Japanese and the Allied plans for Japan itself. It was such propaganda that lent itself to the concept of “The Divine Wind or Kamikaze”. The Japanese looked at the use of “special attack forces” as a way that might cause the Allies to rethink the idea of invading Japan and seek a more favorable peace plan for the Japanese. Events are vividly retold through interviews with people from both sides, including those who launched kamikaze attacks and those who survived them. the authors also look upon in detail the Japanese research and development of chemical and biological weapons.
Notes - Dust jacket has been ripped.
