Kamikaze Attacks of World War II
Subtitle: A Complete History of Japanese Suicide Strikes on American Ships by Aircraft and Other Means
Publisher: McFarland Publishing
Published: 2010
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 390
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Part 1  The Genesis of the Kamikazes, Their Organization, and Disposition; title: Chapter 1  the Development of the Samurai Class and Its Ethos; title: Chapter 2  Kamikaze Traditions; title: Chapter 3  Special Attack Aircraft; title: Chapter 4  Development of the Tokko-tai; title: Chapter 5  Tactics; title: Chapter 6  Kamikazes on Land and Sea; title: Part 2  The Kamikaze Chronicles:  A Detailed Account of the Attacks; title: Chapter 7  Prelude to Mayhem; title: Chapter 8  The December Kamikazes, 1944; title: Chapter 9  Lingayen Gulf; title: Chapter 10  Taiwan, Iwo JIma, and Ulithi; title: Chapter 11  Okinawa and the Ten Go Campaign; title: Chapter 12 The Invasion of Okinawa, Week One; title: Chapter 13  The Onslalught COntinues; title: Chapter 14  ". . .We Cleaned up the Bodies. . ."; title: Chapter 15  A Miserable May; title: Chapter 16  The War Winds Down; title: Chapter 17  Ketsu-Go:  Defending the Homeland; title: Appendix I - U. S. Navy and Merchant Marine Ships Damaged and Sunk b Kamikaze Attacks, 1942-1945; title: Appendix II - Ship Types; title: Appendix III - American and Japanese Aircraft; title: Chapter Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: Chapter 16