Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney - 2006-06-01

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Chicago Press, 2006. First U Chicago. Hardback, Dustjacket. Like New, slight wear to cover.

University Of Chicago Press, 2006-06-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 6x0x9. (NB15 AUG28T7AL) no dj, edge/point wear, no underlining or highlighting within

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. 0226619508 . B&W Photographs; 9 X 6.20 X 1.10 inches; xviii, 227 pages; Hard cover is red with silver lettering on spine. Gift inscription on half title page. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. DJ has light shelf wear; in a mylar cover. Illustrated with b/w photographs. "This moving history presents diaries and correspondence left by members of the 'tokkotai' and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the war... Clearly and eloquently speak otherwise [not fanatics, sic]. A significant number of the kamikaze were university students who were drafted and forced to volunteer for this desperate military operation". Notes; References; Index. .

University Of Chicago Press. Used - Like New. 2006. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. xviii & 227 pp. Fine. (Subject: Japan).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. 2006. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0226619508 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. ; 9 X 6.20 X 1.10 inches; 246 pages .

New. 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 the many kamikaze pilots, or tokkotai, who faced almost certain death in the futile military operations conducted by Japan at the end of World War II. This moving history presents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the war. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. But the writings explored here by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney clearly and eloquently speak otherwise. A significant number of the kamikaze were university students who were drafted and forced to volunteer, and in their diaries and correspondence they often wrote heartbreaking… Read More

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2006. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition annotated edition. 246 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches.

University of Chicago Press , pp. 246 Index. Hardback. Used.