The Rape of Nanking : : A Historical Study / / Zhang Sheng.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• VerfasserIn: Sheng, Zhang,
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXV, 646 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Foreword by the First Author --; Foreword to the Updated and Revised Edition --; Contents --; 1 The Rape of Nanking in Light of the Japanese Army’s Overall Strategic Decisions. Observations Based in Japanese Considerations --; 2 Changes in the Order of Life for Nanjing Residents Before and After the Massacre --; 3 Westerners in Nanjing During the Massacre --; 4 The “German Perspective” on the Rape of Nanking Based in German Diplomatic Documents --; 5 The “American Perspective” on the Rape of Nanking --; 6 The Rape of Nanking in Japanese Historical Sources --; 7 Food Issues During the Rape of Nanking. Focusing on the Safety Zone --; 8 Property Losses of Nanjing Residents during the Rape of Nanking. An Initial Analysis Based on Extant Materials in China --; 9 Initial Study of PTSD Among Rape of Nanking Victims --; 10 The Nanjing Trials --; 11 The Rape of Nanking Cases in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East Trial Arguments and Their “Legacy”. Based in a Study of Cross-examinations --; References --; Postscript --; Postscript to the Revised Edition
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110652789; 9783110750720; 9783110750706; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754087; 9783110753851
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110652789
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Zhang Sheng.

The Massacre of Nanking took place in 1937, during the War of the Japanese Invasion of China. 75 years after the event, we are finally able to analyze and study what happened in Nanking on three levels: as an historical event, as a legal case, and as an object in the Chinese people’s collective consciousness.