{"product_id":"at-war-with-the-wind-isbn-9780806542652","title":"At War with the Wind","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for AT WAR WITH THE WIND:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[Sears] writes affectingly of the terror the “divine wind” campaign …Sears does a particularly good job of bringing in the various voices of the fast-dwindling corps of American survivors of hellish engagements at Leyte and Okinawa, among other places…of considerable interest to students of the Pacific War.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A work of power and passion . . . The finest account of the American reaction to the furious suicide raids that attempted to turn the course of the War in the Pacific.\" —\u003cb\u003eDonald L. Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eD-Days in the Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A real stunner . . . A superb narrative of life, death, and incredible heroism.\" —\u003cb\u003eJim Hartz, former host of \"Today\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Thorough and vivid . . . A timely, absorbing book.\" —\u003cb\u003eJohn C. McManus, author of \u003ci\u003eAlamo in the Ardennes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Gripping naval combat writing . . . Sears pulls no punches in this powerful account of the sheer terror that was \u003ci\u003ekamikaze \u003c\/i\u003ewarfare.\"\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eM. G. Sheftall, author of \u003ci\u003eBlossoms in the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Mesmerizing . . . With history like this, who needs fiction? Simply thrilling.\"\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eKenneth Sewell, author of \u003ci\u003eRed Star Rogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Powerful . . . David Sears salutes American heroism in the bleakest days of the war.\"\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eH. Paul Jeffers, author of \u003ci\u003eCommand of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Gripping . . . Sears puts readers beside the heroic American sailors in the bull's eye.\" —\u003cb\u003eJerome Preisler, author of \u003ci\u003eAll Hands Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Well-researched . . . a must for World War II book aficionados.\"\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSteve Jackson, author of \u003ci\u003eLucky Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Sears \u003c\/b\u003eis an acclaimed author, historian, and former Navy officer. His nonfiction military history books include \u003ci\u003ePacific Air, Such Men as These\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Epic Naval Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has written for \u003ci\u003eAviation History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMilitary History Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNaval History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian Air \u0026amp; Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian Digital\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVFW Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVietnam\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWorld War II \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. A veteran U.S. Navy officer, he served aboard a destroyer and did a tour of duty as an in-country advisor during the Vietnam conflict. He appears as a commentator on the History Channel and has spoken before military and civic groups such as Chicago’s Pritzker Military History Library, New York’s \u003ci\u003eIntrepid \u003c\/i\u003eSea, Air and Space Museum, and New Orleans’s National World War II Museum. He lives in New Jersey and can be found online at AtWarWithTheWind.com.","brand":"Citadel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304866762981,"sku":"NP9780806542652","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780806542652.jpg?v=1767721911","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/at-war-with-the-wind-isbn-9780806542652","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}