"the author has brought together every suicide attack he could positively identify.this compendium will undoubtedly be useful to future writers, and is a record one cannot resist reading with horror and regret for the lives wasted in what seem to us now a futile gesture"-- Library Journal ; "a thorough account.a very solid, fact-based synopsis of the Japanese suicide forces.the perfect book for someone who wants an understanding of the development and employment of special attack forces.nicely illustrated.almost certainly the best book on the subject. Highly recommended"-- Stone & Stone Second World War Books ; "in its extensive research, range, depth and detail, historian Rielly's work is the most important book to appear on the suicide attacks of World War II, and deserves to stand at the head of kamikaze literature"-- National Association of USS LCS Newsletter ; "an exhaustive study"-- The National Association of Destroyer Veterans ; "valuable"-- The NYMAS Review .