The Rape of Nanking (Paperback) by Iris Chang, William C Kirby

from meegeekai

So I had known about this book for a long time, but then my daughter had to read for a college course she was taking. WOW, this is a tough read as the description of the massacres by the Japanese at Nanking can be a bit hard to take. Acutally, to be honest, I could not finish. This should be requ...

from JanaRose1

"Civilization itself is paper thin." Roughly 350,000 Chinese were slaughtered in the city of Nanking by the Japanese during a seven week period. Women were raped and mutilated while the men were used for bayonet practice. People were buried alive, set on fire and tortured. In the midst of a real-...

from Michael.Bradham

First hand accounts, testimonies, pictures, great detail. A cover up of grand scale now exposed. Details of horrific mutilations, rapes, dehumanizations, mayhem. History leading up to occupation of Nanking, what happened in Nanking, intricacies of happenings within safety zone, how events were pe...

from AmaliaGavea

"Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances." A beloved European friend, who's currently living in Changzhou, has been pestering me to read this book for months. I was unwilling. Of course, History is my greatest love...

from ComposingComposer

In some ways I wish I'd have read this by paper copy not audiobook as it's impossible to skim the most nausea-inducing, sickening things by audiobook. I don't really think this is a book you like or enjoy. It's something you read to get information. It was very thorough, and more people should kn...