Kamikaze, cherry blossoms, and nationalisms : the militarization of aesthetics in Japanese history /

Why did almost one thousand highly educated "student soldiers" volunteer to serve in Japan's tokkotai (kamikaze) operations near the end of World War II, even though Japan was losing the war? In this fascinating study of the role of symbolism and aesthetics in totalitarian ideology, E...

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Main Author:	Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002 Chicago : 2002
Subjects:	World War (1939-1945) 1939 - 1945 1939-1945 College students > Japan Fighter pilots > Japan Kamikaze airplanes Kamikaze pilots World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, Japanese World War, 1939-1945 > Education and the war College students Fighter pilots Military operations, Aerial > Japanese War and education Japan

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