"This book is a compilation of my interviews with Japanese survivors of the battle, and the family members of those who died during the battle, or since. I prom

First published in 1986 and lauded by historians and World War II buffs eager for the Japanese viewpoint, this collection of essays makes significant contributi

Originally published: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965.

The Battle of Iwo Jima has been memorialized innumerable times as the subject of countless books and motion pictures, most recently Clint Eastwood’s films Fla

‘I had no qualms fighting the Australians, just as I have killed without remorse any of the Emperor’s enemies: the British, the Americans and the Dutch’,