Zen Terror in Prewar Japan
                        
                     
                                            
                                     
                
                    Zen Terror in Prewar Japan
                                            
                                        
                                                                                                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,...
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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.
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