The Rape of Nanking: An Undeniable History in Photographs

This 319 page book, with over 400 photographs, graphically illustrates the many unbelievable horrors that befell the citizens of Nanking and its defending soldiers who unwisely surrendered to the Japanese in December, 1937. It is claimed that more than 350,000 Chinese died during the period of just a few weeks--death at a rate exceeding 8,000 per day. If you are the squeamish type with a weak stomach when it comes to blood and gore, this will not be your book. The photographs are explicit with no holds barred. Explanatory text is interwoven with the photos. The authors wanted to make sure that the horrors that the Japanese inflicted on the Chinese were clear and undeniable beyond a shadow of a doubt. Chapter headings are: 1. The Road From Shanghai to Nanking. 2. The Fall of Nanking. 3. The Systematic Massacre of Prisoners of War. 4. Killing Methods. 5. Brutal Assaults on Women. 6. Arson and Looting. 7. Heroic Foreigners. 8. The Undeniable History and the Responsibility of Japanese Royalty.