Zen Terror in Prewar Japan: Portrait of an Assassin

By Brian Daizen Victoria

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538131668
• ISBN13: 9781538131664
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.0"