Exciting reading in  A GLORIOUS WAY TO DIE: THE KAMIKAZE MISSION OF THE BATTLESHIP YAMATO. This 341 page paperback by Russell Spurr was published in 1983. From the back cover we read, "It was April 1945, and the Japanese Imperial Navy was all but extinguished. The American forces had taken Iwo Jima and were aiming the biggest invading force the world had ever seen toward Okinawa. The enemy had moved one step closer to Japan's very doorstep. Desperate with the humiliation of surrender an unthinkable alternative, the Japanese High Command decided to throw its proudest technological achievement into the very heart of the American attack on a suicide mission. It was the Yamato, a battleship so huge, so heavily armored, so apparently indestructible that  it represented one of Japan's lasts remaining chances of holding off its relentless foe. This is the true story of the Yamato's tragic end, but it is much more. It is a story of honor and dignity, of obsession and triumph, and of a proud nation struggling to go down in glory." Super reading in this book in good condition. Clean pages with no markings. Some tanning on inside front and back covers. Very light cover edge wear and light soiling on front cover. Also some sticker residue near spine on front cover. Shipping and handling 3.90 Media Mail to US destinations. Canadian residents 20.75 First Class mail. All others welcome but extra postage required and shipped entirely at your risk.