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The Rape of Nanking

by Chang, Iris
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : BasicBooks, (New York, NY :) Physical details: xi, 290 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. ISBN:0465068359.
Subject(s): 1937 -- Jiangsu Sheng, China | Massacres -- China | War Crimes -- China | Torture and other cruel treatment -- China | History -- 20th Century -- China | Warfare -- Japan -- China | Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- History.
Year: 1997
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900 - 999 951.042 Cha (Browse shelf) Available 73931

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-283) and index.

The path to Nanking -- Six weeks of terror -- The fall of Nanking -- Six weeks of horror -- The Nanking safety zone -- What the world knew -- The occupation of Nanking -- Judgement day -- The fate of the survivors -- The forgotten Holocaust: a second rape.

Details the massacre that took place in December 1937 when the Japanese army overthrew the ancient city of Nanking, China, and raped, tortured, and murdered over 300,000 civilians; examining the atrocity from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers, the Chinese civilians, and the Europeans and Americans who created a safety zone for survivors.

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