| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 290 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-283) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Massamoorden.
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Oorlogsmisdaden.
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MASSACRES.
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WAR CRIMES.
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RAPE.
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TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT.
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CHINA.
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JAPAN.
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| SUBJECT |
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
China -- Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)
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Nanking -- Massaker.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
97024137 |
| ISBN |
9780465028252 |
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046502825X |
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9780786727605 |
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0786727608 |
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1306316251 |
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9781306316255 |
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