I've often wondered what drives suicide attackers to go through with their attacks. I can't imagine myself purposefully setting out after a target with the aim of ending my own life. How do you make that final step knowing that it will be your last? How do you even make the first?

With the publication of a new book, we can now read translations of some of the kamikaze pilot training material that motivated them to go through with their life-ending missions. Scary, but insightful.