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So Sad to Fall in Battle: An Account of War Based on General Tadamichi Kuribayashi's Letters from Iwo Jima
So Sad to Fall in Battle An Account of War Based on General Tadamichi Kuribayashi's Letters from Iwo Jima
Author: Kumiko Kakehashi
ISBN-13: 9780891419174
ISBN-10: 0891419179
Publication Date: 9/4/2007
Pages: 240
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Presidio Press
Book Type: Paperback
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Outstanding book giving the other side's perspective of a great battle during WWII. You get both a military perspective and human perspective of one of the great generals of this war. Knowing that defending Iwo was a "lost" cause, General Kuribayashi was able to inflict great hardship on the American forces, thereby postponing the eventual defeat of Japan. At the same time, he was able to communicate with his family from a distance, advising them of actions to take to live a comfortable and fulfilling life during times of strife. General Kuribayashi was both a father and husband while fulfilling his destiny as one of Japan's greatest military leaders.