Making of the "Rape of Nanking" History and Memory in Japan, China, and the United States

ISBN-10: 0195383141

ISBN-13: 9780195383140

Edition: 2009

Authors: Takashi Yoshida

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On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army attacked and captured the Chinese capital city of Nanjing, planting the rising-sun flag atop the city's outer walls. What occurred in the ensuing weeks and months has been the source of a tempestuous debate ever since. It is well known that the Japanese military committed wholesale atrocities after the fall of the city, massacring large numbers of Chinese during the both the Battle of Nanjing and in its aftermath. Yet the exact details of the war crimes--how many people were killed during the battle? How many after? How many women were raped? Were prisoners executed? How unspeakable were the acts committed?--are the source of controversy among…

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List price: $40.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/4/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.26" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction: The Greater East Asian War



Allies and Enemies in the Asia-Pacific War (1937-45)



Japan: Mobilizing the Nation, Sanitizing Aggression



China: Intolerable Atrocities



United States: The "Rape of Nanking."



The Storm of Postwar and Cold War Politics (1945-71)



Japan: Confronting the Nanjing Massacre



China: In Times of Civil and Cold War



United States: Rebuilding Japan



Bringing the Nanjing Massacre into Print (1971-89)



Japan: From "Victim Consciousness" to "Victimizer Consciousness."



China: Nationalizing Memory of the Nanjing Massacre



United States: Focus on Japanese Denials of the Past



The Internationalization of the Nanjing Massacre (1989 to Present)



Japan: A War over History and Memory



China: The Nanjing Massacre and Patriotic Education



United States: Rediscovery of the Nanjing Massacre


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index


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