{"product_id":"the-nanking-atrocity-1937-1938-complicating-the-picture-9781785336744","title":"The Nanking Atrocity, 1937-1938: Complicating the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tFirst published in 2007, \u003cem\u003eThe Nanking Atrocity\u003c\/em\u003e remains an essential resource for understanding the massacre committed by Japanese soldiers in Nanking, China during the winter of 1937-38. Through a series of deeply considered and empirically rigorous essays, it provides a far more complex and nuanced perspective than that found in works like Iris Chang’s bestselling \u003cem\u003eThe Rape of Nanking\u003c\/em\u003e. It systematically reveals the flaws and exaggerations in Chang’s book while deflating the self-exculpatory narratives that persist in Japan even today. This second edition includes an extensive new introduction by the editor reflecting on the historiographical developments of the last decade, in advance of the 80th anniversary of the massacre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the First Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“A refreshingly candid response to Japanese scholarship that denies or minimizes the attack on Nanking in order to advance contemporary jingoistic politics … Highly recommended.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“All of the articles in the volume are essential reading for anyone interested in the subject.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· The Historian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“These essays provide a compelling refutation of the tired and implausible arguments typically espoused by the deniers and minimizers and also vividly portray the various atrocities committed by the Imperial Armed Forces. This collection also offers refreshing counterpoints to the hyperbole that biases - and undermines - Chinese accounts of the tragedy.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Japan Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements to the Second Edition\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface to the First Edition\u003cbr\u003e \tWade-Giles to Pinyin Conversion Table\u003cbr\u003e \tMaps\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eIris Chang Reassessed: A Polemical Introduction to the Second Edition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Messiness of Historical Reality  \u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBob Tadashi Wakabayashi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Nanking Atrocity: An Interpretive Overview\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFujiwara Akira\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eSECTION I: WAR CRIMES AND DOUBTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eMassacres outside Nanking City\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKashara Tokushi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Massacres near Mufushan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOno Kenji\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Part of the Numbers Issue: Demography and Civilian Victims\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Askew\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Nanking 100-Man Killing Contest Debate, 1971–75\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBob Tadashi Wakabayashi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eRadhabinod Pal on the Rape of Nanking: The Tokyo Judgment and the Guilt of History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTimothy Brook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eSECTION II: AGGRESSORS AND COLLABORATORS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Letters from a Reserve Officer Conscripted to Nanking\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAmano Saburô\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chinese Collaboration in Nanking\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTimothy Brook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Westerners in Occupied Nanking: December 1937 to February 1938\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Askew\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eWartime Accounts of the Nanking Atrocity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTakashi Yoshida\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eSECTION III: ANOTHER DENIED HOLOCAUST?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Nanking Atrocity and Chinese Historical Memory\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoshua A. Fogel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13. \u003c\/strong\u003eA Tale of Two Atrocities: Critical Appraisal of American Historiography\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMasahiro Yamamoto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e Higashinakano Osamichi: The Last Word in Denial\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKasahara Tokushi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nanking: Denial and Atonement in Contemporary Japan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKimura Takuji\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePostscript\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/strong\u003e Leftover Problems\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBob Tadashi Wakabayashi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042401321303,"sku":"9781785336744","price":118.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785336744.jpg?v=1750954040","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-nanking-atrocity-1937-1938-complicating-the-picture-9781785336744","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}