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The Making of the "Rape of Nanking" - History and Memory in Japan, China, and the United States (Paperback)
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The Making of the "Rape of Nanking" - History and Memory in Japan, China, and the United States (Paperback)
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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 Japanese, Chinese,
and American historians to this day.
In The Making of the "Rape of Nanking Takashi Yoshida examines how
views of the Nanjing Massacre have evolved in history writing and
public memory in Japan, China, and the United States. For these
nations, the question of how to treat the legacy of
Nanjing--whether to deplore it, sanitize it, rationalize it, or
even ignore it--has aroused passions revolving around ethics,
nationality, and historical identity. Drawing on a rich analysis of
Chinese, Japanese, and American history textbooks and newspapers,
Yoshida traces the evolving--and often conflicting--understandings
of the Nanjing Massacre, revealing how changing social and
political environments have influenced the debate. Yoshida suggests
that, from the 1970s on, the dispute over Nanjing has become more
lively, more globalized, and immeasurably more intense, due in part
to Japanese revisionist history and a renewed emphasis on patriotic
education in China.
While today it is easy toassume that the Nanjing Massacre has
always been viewed as an emblem of Japan's wartime aggression in
China, the image of the "Rape of Nanking" is a much more recent
icon in public consciousness. Takashi Yoshida analyzes the process
by which the Nanjing Massacre has become an international symbol,
and provides a fair and respectful treatment of the politically
charged and controversial debate over its history.
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