Ruth Ozeki on 'Kamikaze Diaries'

Published: April 17, 2020, 11 a.m.

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For her own book, author Ruth Ozeki drew from \\u201cKamikaze Diaries,\\u201d a collection of writings left behind by the young soldiers who died on suicide missions. They represent a generation of brilliant, highly educated young students who were conscripted into the army and ordered not just to kill but to die.

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