God's Samurai

by Prange, Gordon William

• ISBN13: 9781574886955
• ISBN10: 1574886959
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

God's Samuraiis the unusual story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the career aviator who led the attack on Pearl Harbor and participated in most of the fiercest battles of the Pacific war. A valuable record of major events, it is also the personal story of a man swept along by his times. Reared in the vanished culture of early twentieth-century Japan, war hero Fuchida returned home to become a simple farmer. After a scandalous love affair came his remarkable conversion to Christianity and years of touring the world as an evangelist. His tale is an informative, personal look at the war "from the other side."

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. viii
Introduction	p. xii
"To Be a Flier"	p. 1
"Take the Cake"	p. 11
"Flying High"	p. 17
"To Be Flight Leader"	p. 24
"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!"	p. 32
"Japan Once More"	p. 38
"We Should Face East"	p. 49
"Here Was Our Real Enemy"	p. 58
"Go to Midway and Fight"	p. 67
"A Hell of a Time"	p. 73
"It Was Ridiculous!"	p. 82
"Into Dangerous Areas"	p. 89
"A Little White Monkey"	p. 99
"Kakuta Was Crazy!"	p. 106
"God Is Testing the Imperial Navy"	p. 113
"God Is Not on Our Side"	p. 120
"Kill, Kill, Kill!"	p. 128
"The Situation Was Bad"	p. 137
"This Must Be the Atomic Bomb"	p. 148
"The Game Is Up"	p. 157
"More Trouble Is Coming"	p. 168
"Sad and Demoralizing"	p. 177
"Under the Grace of God"	p. 184
"In the Name of Justice"	p. 191
"Where Does This Great Love Come From?"	p. 199
"The Knowledge of Christ"	p. 205
"You Must Bear Witness"	p. 211
"A Real Soldier of Christ"	p. 219
"The Fellowship of Christ"	p. 228
"My Wonderful Reception"	p. 238
"The Work of the Lord"	p. 246
"Be with Me Today"	p. 255
"Preparing the Soil"	p. 261
"What a Big Difference!"	p. 268
"We Must Have Another Reformation"	p. 274
"A Good Mission Field"	p. 282
"Return to Japan"	p. 292
"Remember Pearl Harbor"	p. 297
Key Personnel	p. 304
Notes	p. 308
Selected Bibliography	p. 333
Index	p. 342
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