Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images One of many horrific scenes from the Rape of Nanking, which took place from December 1937 to January 1938. While Europe was struggling to hold off the Nazi war machine, China was falling victim to the Japanese invasion that first launched in late 1937. The Japanese Empire sought to conquer much of East Asia and the Pacific — and fought with almost unimaginable brutality to make that happen. Civilization, our grandest achievement, is so readily abandoned. The veneer of honor is replaced with a total disregard for human life. I wish I could say that what happened in Nanking was just an anomaly, but there are plenty of examples in history where civilized human beings became barbarians. Jeans, Roger B. (January 2005). "Victims or Victimizers? Museums, Textbooks, and the War Debate in Contemporary Japan". The Journal of Military History. Society for Military History. 69 (1): 149–195. doi: 10.1353/jmh.2005.0025. S2CID 159900111.

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um livro muito bem escrito e muito complexo, que expõe o lado mais negro do ser humano, até dos inocentes. Edward Drea (2006). Researching Japanese War Crimes Records (PDF). National Archives and Records Administration for the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Groups. p.3. ISBN 1-880875-28-4. People's Daily (in Japanese). 2007-12-17. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21 . Retrieved 2007-12-18.Just decided to go for it because I honestly am still flipping through it daily to see if I can see anything new or figure out questions I've had - plus that writing is just beautiful!!

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What's more, this admission wasn't an apology. Just seconds before, Noda had scoffed at his victims for letting him kill them, saying, "The Chinese soldiers were so stupid." He also added, "Afterward, I was often asked whether it was a big deal, and I said it was no big deal." Inside The Horrors Of The Rape Of Nanking There are sections of this book that are brutal. That are intensely hard to read. And there are themes throughout the book that might be triggers for some people. I read this over the past few nights and have decided that it’s one of the more haunting, unforgettable books I’ve read recently. A young woman named Grey is institutionalized after she becomes obsessed with the Nanking massacre. As a young child, she found a book in her home that had a reference to a obscure film recording of a particular atrocity that occurred during the massacre and refuses to let it go. She travels to Tokyo to meet a professor, a survivor of the massacre, who she believes knows about the film and can help her bring closure to years of madness and obsession. In exchange for information about the film, the professor asks her to infiltrate a local Yakuza gang leader’s home and procure something valuable to him using her cover as a hostess at a popular Tokyo club. I can’t imagine the amount of research and dedication it took to write this indescribable piece of art. It is by no means a “feel good” read but is so full of emotion, detail and intrigue woven together to create a beautiful heartfelt set of stories into one. If Ms.Hayder we’re still with us, this is the one I would most like to sit and discuss with her. Absolutely incredible. Read more It's hard to believe this is the same author as "Ritual" which was exciting but certainly not written at this level of detail. I completely trusted the world and characters this author has created.

I believe this story carried even more weight for me because I have just recently read Iris Chang's 'The Rape of Nanking', a true story of the atrocities committed by the Japanese in their invasion of China in the 1930's. Of all the accounts of the horrors of war I have ever read, the story of Japan's treatment of the Chinese people during their war is the worst I have ever read.