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In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking and within weeks not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese civilians. Amazingly, the story of this atrocity- one of the worst in world history- continues to be denied by the Japanese government.

The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: that of the Japanese soldiers who performed it; of the Chinese civilians who endured it; and finally of a group of Europeans and Americans who refused to abandon the city and were able to create a safety zone that saved almost 300,000 Chinese. It was Iris Chang who discovered the diaries of the German leader of this rescue effort, John Rabe, whom she calls the "Oskar Schindler of China." A loyal supporter of Adolf Hitler, but far from the terror planned in his Nazi-controlled homeland, he worked tirelessly to save the innocent from slaughter.

©1997 Iris Chang (P)1997 Blackstone Audiobooks Asie Guerre et crises Militaire Moderne Politique et gouvernement
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Loved it ... finished in just 5 days. Well written... if the events that unfolded during the weeks of atrocities are one's primary interest. I however, hoped for a more detailed multi-dimensional analysis of what caused it and what drived the animal like behaviour to continue for as long as it did. To be fair the author did make a decent attempt of such analysis... just sort of my very subjective satisfaction i guess . It is a book that will be hard for many to stomach. I believe it can be a rather gloomy realization of humans capacity of violence. As a strong proponent of evolutionary realism, I found it to be quite educational.

Must read (rather listne)

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All as expected. Learned a lot that I did not know, and am very grateful for this book.

Great book

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A deeply moving account that will linger with me for a long time.
The style is very easy to follow which makes it accessible for laymen. It is definitely not a very scholarly approach from an academic point of view but rather resembles a piece of journalism. This does by no means diminish its authenticity.

Moving

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