The Rape of Nanking the forgotten holocaust of World War II /
Iris Chang.
- 1st ed.
- New York, NY : BasicBooks, c1997.
- xi, 290 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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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--Jiangsu Sheng, China--1937
Massacres--China War Crimes--China Torture and other cruel treatment--China History--China--20th Century Warfare--Japan--China