Zen Terror in Prewar Japan: Portrait of an Assassin

ISBN-13: 9781538131664 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 392 str.

Brian Daizen Victoria; James Mark Shields

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This book explores the profound influence of Zen Buddhist-linked terrorism in modern Japan. Brian Victoria follows a band of Zen Buddhist-trained adherents who ardently believed in their mission to carry out political assassinations in the 1930s, facilitating Japan's transformation into a totalitarian state and setting the stage for Pearl Harbor.