Isbn: 9780583122375 - divine thunder: life and death of the kamikazes (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 256 pages. cover wornThe kamikaze phenomenon did not arise spontaneously but rather resulted from the Japanese national psychology, molded by ancient and mystical traditions, in response to desperate circumstances near the end of World War II. Bernard Millot tries to make this argument in Divine Thunder, a historical overview of the Jap anese suicide pilots.This book was originally published in French in 1970 , and the English translation came out the following year. The book was also tra nslated into Japanese. Bernard Millot is a French aviation journalist and histor ian and is the author of a two-volume history of the Pacific War.The firs t two chapters cover the historical background leading up to Japan's use of kami kaze pilots against the American fleet. The first chapter deals with Japan's anc ient traditions such as the bushido code followed by the samurai, and the second one gives several examples during World War II when Japanese soldiers willingly sacrificed themselves to inflict damage on the enemy. Chapters 3 to 8 summarize the history of the kamikazes from the creation of the first kamikaze corps in O ctober 1944 until the end of the war, with one chapter devoted to nautical kamik azes such as the kaiten torpedo steered inside by a pilot toward its target. The first half of the final chapter contains details on several suicide planes unde r development but never employed by the end of the war. This section has little relevance to the book's overall theme. The last half of the final chapter provid es conclusions on Japan's use of the kamikaze pilot.Millot classifies the kamikaze pilots into three psychological categories. First, some pilots were sp ontaneous heroes who firmly embraced Japan's martial tradition and who possessed.…