An act of violence at once cruelly strategic and terrifyingly random, the gas attack on Tokyo's subway system was a flash point in the chronic identity crisis of an increasingly beleaguered nation. On a bright, chilly Monday morning in March 1995, Aum Shinrikyo cult members, apparently under the orders of their half-blind, doomsaying guru Shoko Asahara, punctured bags of liquid sarin aboard rush-hour trains, killing a dozen people and injuring... More >>>