Documents on the Rape of Nanking

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ID19919385
EditorsTimothy Brook
Year1999
Pages301
Publication date1999-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueDocuments on the rape of Nanking (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3998/mpub.16658
OpenAlexW2072481440
Open LibraryOL15496764M
ISBN9780472086627
LanguageEN
Citations received11

Japanese Army's invasion of China in 1937 was the first step toward a hemispheric war that would last until the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. What ended in one atrocity began with another: the savage military takeover of China's capital city, which quickly became known as the Rape of Nanking. Japanese Army's conduct from December 1937 to February 1938 constitutes one of the most barbarous events not just of the war but of the century. violence was documented at the time and then redocumented during the war crimes trial in Tokyo after the war. This book brings together materials from both moments to provide the first comprehensive dossier of primary sources on the Rape. Part 1, The Records, includes two sources written as the Rape was underway. first is a long set of documents produced by the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone, a group of foreigners who strove to protect the Chinese residents. second is a series of letters that American surgeon Dr. Robert Wilson wrote for his family during the same period. These letters are published here for the first time. evidence compiled by the International Committee and its members would be decisive for the indictments against Japanese leaders at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo. Part 2, The Judgments, reprints portions of the tribunal's 1948 judgment dealing with the Rape of Nanking, its judicial consequences, and sections of the dissenting judgment of Justice Radhabinod Pal. These contemporary records and judgments create an intimate firsthand account of the Rape of Nanking. Together they are intended to stimulate deeper reflection than previously possible on how and why we assess and assign the burden of war guilt. Timothy Brook is Professor of Chinese History and Associate Director of the Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, University of Toronto, and is coeditor of Nation Work: Asian Elites and National Identities and Culture and Economy: Shaping of Capitalism in Eastern Asia , both published by the University of Michigan Press

Archaeology · Geography · Political science · History · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · 1937 · 1937-1945 · Atrocities · china · Jiangsu Sheng · Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng · Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) · Nanking Massacre, Nanjing · Sino-Japanese Conflict · Sino-Japanese War · Sources

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