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At War with the Wind: The Epic Struggle with Japan’s World War II Suicide Bombers

At War with the Wind recounts the U.S. Navy’s fierce defense against a baffling and horrifying new weapon—the Japanese air- and sea borne suicide attackers: the kamikazes.  In the final days of World War II, ‘body crashing’ became Japan’s last ditch strategy to hold off the onslaught of America’s war machine on Japan’s home islands.  So close to the end of war and a safe return home, young sailors daily faced off against an alien yet very personal specter of death.

At War with the Wind is scheduled for publication from Kensington Books on September 30, 2008.  The estimated cost of the hardcover edition is $24.95.  The book will be available from major book retailers.  If you would like to reserve one or more personally inscribed and autographed copies of At War with the Wind, you can link to an on-line book order form.

Book excerpts and materials

Galleries - We've organized information concerning the ships, units, sailors and airmen involved into separate web pages

  • U.S. ships and air squadrons - links to gallery pages for individual units. Each gallery contains a profile of a ship or unit (or an excerpt from the book) along with photo images supplied by veterans and family members.
  • Roll Call -  Roll call is a listing of ships, sailors and airmen who battled the kamikazes. Currently published in web format and continuously updated, Roll Call in final form will be included as an appendix to the published version of 'At War with the Wind'
  • Honors -  Honors is a series of galleries, organized by type of award (e.g. Silver Star, Bronze Star etc.) which profile award recipients.  These galleries include recipient photos as well as excerpts from the citations accompanying the award. Follow this link to the Honors main page and then link to individual Honors pages.
  • Taps - The Taps gallery honors recently departed veterans who participated in the engagements and battles covered by our books.
  • Japanese Aircraft - This is a gallery for 'At War with the Wind' which profiles the air  weapons used by kamikaze warriors
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