The Rape of Nanking
Author: Iris Chang
ISBN: 9780465068364
Publisher: Little Brown
Year first published: 10 Jan 2012
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback / softback
In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers 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 the definitive history of this horrifying episode.
ISBN: 9780465068364
Publisher: Little Brown
Year first published: 10 Jan 2012
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback / softback
In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers 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 the definitive history of this horrifying episode.
