Zen Terror in Prewar Japan: Portrait of an Assassin (Asian Voices)

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.

• | Author: Brian Daizen Victoria
• | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• | Publication Date: February 14, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 392 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1538131668
• | ISBN-13: 9781538131664