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Iris Chang The Rape of Nanking (Paperback). Further DetailsTitle: The Rape of Nanking Condition: New Subtitle: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II Author: Iris Chang Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0465068367 EAN: 9780465068364 ISBN: 9780465068364 Publisher: Basic Books Genre: History Topic: Military History Release Date: 01/10/2012 Description: The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal-and forgotten-massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War II"Chang vividly, methodically, records what happened, piecing together the abundant eyewitness reports into an undeniable tapestry of horror." -Adam Hochschild, Salon In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered-a death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Historian Iris Chang tells the story from three perspectives: that of the Japanese soldiers, that of the Chinese, and that of a group of Westerners who refused to abandon the city and created a safety zone that saved almost 300,000 Chinese.More than just narrating the details of an orgy of violence, in The Rape of Nanking Chang analyzes the militaristic culture that fostered in the Japanese soldiers a total disregard for human life. It also tells of the concerted effort during the Cold War on the part of the West and even China to stifle open discussion of this atrocity. Drawing on extensive interviews with survivors and documents brought to light for the first time, Iris Chang's classic is the definitive history of this horrifying episode. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 208mm Item Length: 140mm Item Width: 26mm Item Weight: 320g Release Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
