Kamikaze
Subtitle: Japan's Suicide Samurai
Publisher: Arms & Armour
Published: May 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781854093677
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: Second World War; European history: Second World War; Warfare & Defence; Military; Military History - World War II; History; History - Military / War; World War, 1939-1945; Europe; Japan; Military - General; Military - World War II; Aerial operations, Japanese; Kamikaze airplanes; Kamikaze pilots
First sentence: Not far from the Eikoku Taishikan (British embassy) and the Kyujo (Imperial Palace) in Tokyo, is the Yasukuni-jinja on Kudan hill, a place of tranquillity and intense national devotion usually overlooked by gaijin (foreign) tourists.