A turning point in terrorism: it's no longer limited to planes and embassy bombings. It's on the subway. This is about chemical warfare in the civilized world, the day the Tokyo subway was gassed with sarin by members of the Aum cult. According to the blurb on the back, it's also about how the "Japanese psyche" reacted to being gassed, and I would agree with that to some extent. This is about a piece of history that I didn't even know existed. Of course, not many people become experts on the history of the entire world, but I feel like I should have been aware of something that at least was a current event during my lifetime. It's an interesting read, but since it's a collection of non-fictional personal accounts, it gets a bit like watching the news for several hours after a major event--you're watching them play the same clips over and over again, hoping for a new twenty-second sound bite. Some people hate that, but for others (often myself), that ritual of repetition and desire for any new bit of info is what helps them cope with tragedy.