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In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered—a death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Using extensive interviews with survivors and newly discovered documents, Iris Chang has written what will surely be the definitive history of this horrifying episode. The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: of the Japanese soldiers who performed it, of the Chinese civilians who endured it, and of a group of Europeans and Americans who refused to aba
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Manufacturer: Penguin
Release date: 18 August 1998
ISBN-10 : 0140277447 | ISBN-13: 9780140277449
Release date: 18 August 1998
ISBN-10 : 0140277447 | ISBN-13: 9780140277449
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Just Another Book Diary (2023) (176 books items)"17.2. A vile and disgusting depiction of a massacre of Nanking. I think the psychology of this kind of even is the most interesting aspect of all: what made ordinary people capable of doing something like this?"
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