Kazuo Odachi: Memoirs of a Kamikaze | Buch

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Cover: 9784805315750 | Memoirs of a Kamikaze | Kazuo Odachi (u. a.) | Buch | Englisch | 2020

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Alexander Bennett translates the story of Kazuo Odachi, who completed eight suicide missions as a Kamikaze pilot in the Japanese air force in the Second World War, surviving these missions having luckily never spotted a target. Reveals that the Kamikaze were often unsuspecting young men taken advantage of by superior officers.

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Kazuo Odachi joined the Japanese navy during World War II at the age of 16, becoming a pilot in the Kamikaze Special Attack force. He completed 8 suicide missions without spotting a target. After surviving the war, he returned to Japan and became a police officer in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and then a detective retiring as a Director in the 3rd Investigation Division of the Criminal Affairs Bureau. Having possessed a passion for Kendo since he was a youth, he has taught the art to children for the last 33 years.

Author and Translator Shigeru Ohta, is a former prosecutor, having worked for 34 years at the Ministry of Justice in Tokyo, Osaka, and other cities. He taught law at Waseda University for 5 years and is currently a professor in the Department of Crisis Management at Nihon University.

Hiroyoshi Nishijima worked for the Yomiuri newspaper in Tokyo, retiring as Chief of the Editorial Bureau. He is currently a member of the Japan National Press Club and the Editorial Committee of the Shibat Ryotaro Memorial Foundation magazine Ryo.

Alexander Bennett is a professor of Japanese history, martial arts and Budo theory at Kansai University. He co-founded and publishes Kendo World, the first English-language journal dedicated to Kendo. He holds black belts in several martial arts. His published works include Japan: The Ultimate Samurai Guide, The Complete Musashi and Hagakure: The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Fachbereich:	Öffentliche Verwaltung
Genre:	Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Seiten:	224
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9784805315750
ISBN-10:	480531575X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Odachi, Kazuo Ohta, Shigeru Nishijima, Hiroyoshi
Übersetzung:	Bennett, Alexander
Hersteller:	Tuttle Publishing
Maße:	208 x 139 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Kazuo Odachi (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.09.2020
Gewicht:	0,41 kg

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