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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
de Chang, Iris
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0140277447
- ISBN 13
- 9780140277449
- Librería
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New York: Penguin Books, 1998. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Penguin Books, 1998. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 24 pages of black and white historic photographs on glossy paper. Gently used book, red cover with white titles clean and unmarked with slight edgewear to cover. Pages toned, quite clean, no marks of any kind, no creasing. In December 1937, the Japanese army invaded Nanking and within weeks more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were raped, tortured and murdered--a death toll that exceeded the number of deaths from the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Using extensive interviews with survivors and newly discovered documents, Iris Chang has written this definitive history of this almost forgotten-outside of China- horrifying time. 290 pages with Notes and Index. 8vo. 1998, Penguin Books, New York
Sinopsis
In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians 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 what will surely be the definitive history of this horrifying episode. The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: of the Japanese soldiers who performed it, of the Chinese civilians who endured it, and 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. Among these was the Nazi John Rabe, an unlikely hero whom Chang calls the "Oskar Schindler of China" and who worked tirelessly to protect the innocent and publicize the horror. More than just narrating the details of an orgy of violence, The Rape of Nanking analyzes the militaristic culture that fostered in the Japanese soldiers a total disregard for human life. Finally, it tells the appalling story: about how the advent of the Cold War led to a concerted effort on the part of the West and even the Chinese to stifle open discussion of this atrocity. Indeed, Chang characterizes this conspiracy of silence, that persists to this day, as "a second rape."
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El Aug 11 2005, Raabe dijo:
Not for the faint of heart, but a shocking account of the holocaust in China by the Japanese at the end of WWII. The author was found shot to death in her car in late 2004 - an apparent suicide but suspicious nonetheless. This account is still being denied by the Japanese to this day and the political fallout from the event remains contentious.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 028892
- Título
- The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
- Autor
- Chang, Iris
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0140277447
- ISBN 13
- 9780140277449
- Editorial
- Penguin Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1998
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7
- Palabras clave
- NANKING MASSACRE NAN-CHING SHIH, CHINA, HISTORY
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History. China;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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