@article{ref1,
title="Les missions suicides des "forces d'attaque speciales " dits kamikaze débats d'historiens et mentalités de l'époque",
journal="Etudes sur la Mort",
year="2006",
author="Picone, M.",
volume="130",
number="2",
pages="9-20",
abstract="Since 1944 the 'special attack forces' have been the subject of a conflict of interpretation. At first they were said to be fanatics impelled to die for the emperor, or to personify the 'Japanese soul'. After the war they were considered to be a product of totalitarian propaganda, or over - romantic young intellectuals or, covertly, restless spirits which it was necessary to deify and enshrine in order to protect the nation. Recent books review their diaries and last letters and reopen debates about their motivations and feelings.<p /><p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="1157-0466",
doi="10.3917/eslm.130.0009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/eslm.130.0009"
}