The rape of Nanking : the forgotten holocaust of World War II /
Iris Chang.
- xi, 290 pages, [22] pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The path to Nanking -- Six weeks of terror -- The fall of Nanking -- Six weeks of horror -- The Nanking safety zone -- What the world knew-- The occupation of Nanking -- Judgment day -- The fate of the survivors -- The forgotten Holocaust: a second rape.
Relates an account of the 1937 massacre of 250,000 Chinese civilians in Nanking by the invading Japanese military, a carnage for which the Japanese government has never admitted responsibility.