Battleship Yamato: Of War, Beauty and Irony
The battleship Yamato, of the Imperial Japanese Navy, was the most powerful warship of World War II and represented the climax, as it were, of the Japanese warrior traditions of the samurai-the ideals of honor, discipline, and self-sacrifice that had immemorially ennobled the Japanese national consciousness. Stoically poised for battle in the spring of 1945-when even Japan's last desperate technique of arms, the kamikaze, was running short-Yamato arose as the last magnificent arrow in the imperial quiver of Emperor Hirohito. Here, Jan Morris not only tells the dramatic story of the magnificent ship itself-from secret wartime launch to futile…
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- ISBN: 978-1-63149-342-3
- EAN: 9781631493423
- Produktnummer: 22338561
- Verlag: Liveright Pub Corp
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 96 S.
- Masse: H19.3 cm x B13.8 cm x D1.5 cm 290 g
- Gewicht: 290
Über den Autor
Jan Morris (1926-2020) lived and wrote as James Morris until 1972. She resided with her partner, Elizabeth Morris, in northwest Wales, between the mountains and the sea. Her many books included In My Mind's Eye, Coronation Everest, and the Pax Britannica trilogy.
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