Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms
Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko
The University of Chicago Press, 2002
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Why did almost 1000 highly educated "student soldiers" volunteer to serve in Japan's kamikaze operations at the end of World War II, even though Japan was losing the war? This study of the role of the state in pushing imperial ideology shows the power of symbolic communication.
- ISBN-13
- 9780226620916
- ISBN-10
- 0226620913
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Year
- 2002
- Publication date
- 2002-10-01
- Pages
- 428
- Dimensions
- 226x150x25
- Weight
- 582