The 1937 - 1938 Nanjing Atrocities

• Main Author: Lu, Suping (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: World War, 1939-1945.; War Crimes.; China-History.; History of World War II and the Holocaust.; History of China.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the Nanjing Massacre, together with an in-depth analysis of various aspects of the event and related issues. Drawing on original source materials collected from various national archives, national libraries, church historical society archives, and unive...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Japanese Military Expansion
• The Road to Nanjing
• Brutality Following the Fall of Nanjing: Large-Scale Massacres
• Small-Scale Mass Executions and Individual Killings
• Raping, Looting, and Burning
• Testimonies by Chinese Survivors and Witnesses
• Japanese Soldiers' Accounts
• International Committee for Nanjing Safety Zone and Westerners in Nanjing
• Media Coverage in English, Chinese and Japanese
• American, British, and German Diplomatic Documents
• Disposing of Victim Bodies
• Post-War Military Tribunals
• Controversies over the Nanjing Massacre
• The 100-Man Killing Contest and Controversies
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.