The making of the "Rape of Nanking" : history and memory in Japan, China, and the United States / Takashi Yoshida.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yoshida, Takashi, 1963-

Series:

Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.

A study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937.

Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)--History--20th century.

Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Other Title:

History and memory in Japan, China, and the United States

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 prisoner

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: The Greater East Asian War; Part I. Allies and Enemies in the Asia-Pacific War (1937-45); 1. Japan: Mobilizing the Nation, Sanitizing Aggression; 2. China: Intolerable Atrocities; 3. United States: The "Rape of Nanking,"; Part II. The Storm of Postwar and Cold War Politics (1945-71); 4. Japan: Confronting the Nanjing Massacre; 5. China: In Times of Civil and Cold War; 6. United States: Rebuilding Japan; Part III. Bringing the Nanjing Massacre into Print (1971-89); 7. Japan: From "Victim Consciousness" to "Victimizer Consciousness,"

8. China: Nationalizing Memory of the Nanjing Massacre 9. United States: Focus on Japanese Denials of the Past; Part IV. The Internationalization of the Nanjing Massacre (1989 to Present); 10. Japan: A War over History and Memory; 11. China: The Nanjing Massacre and Patriotic Education; 12. United States: Rediscovery of the Nanjing Massacre; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Studies of the Weatherhead Institute, Columbia University

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-257) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-84538-4

0-19-534621-1

OCLC:

191939498