Documents on the Rape of Nanking
imothy Brook, editor. 1999The book contains various documents concerning the Rape of Nanking, including Documents...
The 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. The 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. The 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. The first is a long set of documents produced by the International Committee for the Nanking...
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imothy Brook, editor. 1999The book contains various documents concerning the Rape of Nanking, including Documents of the Nanking Safety Zone from 1939. Another set is a series of letters from Dr. Robert Wilson, the only surgeon who remained in Nanking during the invasion. A postwar investigation by th Nanjing District Court put the... Very good source material. Great primary sources in this. It includes documents from the International Relief Committee headed by John Rabe, personal letters of Dr. Robert Wilson, a few photographs, the Far Eastern Tribunal results, and the "dissenting opinion" of Radhabinod Pal.Definitely worth studying for anyone interested in modern Asian history and WWII....
