Showing Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney

Kamikaze Diaries Presents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the World War II. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This book explores writings, which speak otherwise.