{"product_id":"at-war-with-the-wind-the-epic-struggle-with-japans-world-war-ii-suicide-bombers-9780806542652","title":"At War with the Wind: The Epic Struggle with Japan's World War II Suicide Bombers","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrawing from hundreds of interviews with WWII veterans who survived Japan's terrifying kamikaze strikes, acclaimed author and former U.S. Navy Officer David Sears vividly portrays what it was like to experience this tactic, capturing the real-life dramas behind America's first confrontation with the psychology and devastating impact of suicide warfare.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the last days of World War II, a new and baffling weapon terrorized the United States Navy in the Pacific. To the sailors who learned to fear them, the body-crashing warriors of Japan were known as \"suiciders\"; among the Japanese, they were named for a divine wind that once saved the home islands from invasion: \u003ci\u003ekamikaze\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold from the perspective of the men who endured this horrifying tactic, \u003ci\u003eAt War with the Wind \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book to recount in nail-biting detail what it was like to experience an attack by Japanese kamikazes. Acclaimed author David Sears draws on personal interviews and unprecedented research to create a narrative of war that is stunning in its vividness and unforgettable in its revelations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the candid story of a war within a war--a relentless series of furious and violent engagements pitting men determined to die against men determined to live. Its echoes resonate hauntingly at a time of global conflict, especially when suicide as a weapon remains a perplexing and terrifying reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMain Selection of the Military Book Club \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured Alternate of the History Book Club\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Citadel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806542652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"David Sears","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42881816166581,"sku":"9780806542652","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c8c1c42b-2100-44ff-8426-bd8a8a83927a.jpg?v=1685417955","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/at-war-with-the-wind-the-epic-struggle-with-japans-world-war-ii-suicide-bombers-9780806542652","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}