Kamikaze Pilots and Contemporary Suicide Bombers by Yuki Tanaka

[kelsseyy]

Yuki Tanaka Writes to his audience to try to explain the reasons why anyone would ever choose to be a kamikaze pilot or a suicide bomber (Tanaka 296).  He explains that the public may not see the real “psychological” (296) reasons why these young pilots joined in the kamikaze attacks (296) and that attention needs to be brought to the subject to

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[travel_bug86]

You did a great job summarising this article. I found it a bit difficult to read and you brought up some points I forgot about. For your question, though I am not very knowledgeable with the reasonings to start wars, I never think there is ever a "good" reason for these suicide bombings, even if it is for ritual reasons, as Tanaka states how they ritualize killing to make it "psychologically easier".