Ebook {Epub PDF} The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

About a young Chinese-American author's journey into the darkest reaches of humanity as she researched and wrote her best selling book "The Rape of Nanking". Iris Chang's harrowing experience and dogged determination uncovers in graphic detail the forgotten holocaust of World War II when almost , Chinese women, children and soldiers were in a matter of weeks systematically raped, . The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal -- and forgotten -- massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War II. In December , one of the most horrific atrocities in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking (what was then the capital of China), and within weeks, more . The Rape of Nanking has largely been forgotten in the West, hence the importance of this book. In calling it a “forgotten Holocaust,” Ms. Chang draws connections between the slaughter in Europe and in Asia of millions of innocents during World War II. To be sure, Japan and Nazi Germany would only later become allies, and not very good.

Overview. The Rape of Nanking is a historical nonfiction book published in by American author and journalist Iris www.doorway.ruled The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II, the book chronicles the Nanking massacre, during which the Imperial Japanese Army, over a six-week period, killed between , and , Chinese noncombatants and raped between 20, and 80, women. Book review: The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang. by Jessica Schneider. The Rape of Nanking is a well-written account of what happened in Nanking in when the Japanese invaded and slaughtered. In , the Iris Chang Memorial Hall was finished in Huai'an, China (just north of Nanjing) to remember her contribution involving this massacre. Release: Synopsis: This is a non-fiction novel documenting the horrors perpetrated by the Japanese during the Nanjing Massacre (alternatively spelling Nanking, 南京市) during the Sino.

Book review: The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang by Jessica Schneider The Rape of Nanking is a well-written account of what happened in Nanking in when the Japanese invaded and slaughtered. Iris Shun-Ru Chang was a Chinese American journalist, author of historical books and political activist. She is best known for her best-selling account of the Nanking Massacre, The Rape of Nanking, and in , The Chinese in America: A Narrative History. Chang is the subject of the biography, Finding Iris Chang, and the documentary film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking starring Olivia Cheng as Iris Chang. The independent documentary film Nanking was based on her work and dedi. There is a reason this massacre is called ‘The Rape of Nanking.’ The only part of this book which was slightly uplifting was the part the Europeans and Americans played in trying to protect the Chinese citizens.