Nanking : anatomy of an atrocity / Masahiro Yamamoto.
The December 1937 incident that has come to be known as the Rape of Nanking is, without doubt, a tragedy that will not soon be forgotten. While acknowledging that a tremendous loss of life occurred, this study challenges the current prevailing notion that the incident was a deliberate, planned effor...
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Praeger,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1: What Causes War Atrocities: A Historical Analysis
- 2: The Battle of Shanghai and the Prelude to Nanking
- 3: Nanking: Analysis of Military Actions and Number of Victims
- 4: Nanking: Analysis of Individually Committed Crimes and Nature of Atrocities
- 5: Aftermath and Reaction until 1945
- 6: War Crimes Trials
- 7: Sounds of Controversy
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Japanese and Chinese Forces in Nanking
- Appendix B: Burial Statistics of Red Swastika Society in Nanking
- Appendix C: Burial Records of Ch'ung-shan-t'ang
- Appendix D: Civilian Losses Based on Smythe's Data
- Bibliography
- Index.