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Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms
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Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms

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.

Undertittel
The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History
ISBN
9780226620916
Språk
Engelsk
Vekt
680 gram
Utgivelsesdato
1.10.2002
Antall sider
428