The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang - First Edition, 5th Ptg. - 1998 - from Texas Star Books and Biblio.com

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The first English-language history ever written about the Japanese army's 1937 conquest of China's capital and the massacre of its inhabitants. Chang, a freelance journalist, describes the circumstances under which the Japanese killed a quarter of a million Chinese (nearly all of them civilian noncombatants) during the first few months of their occupation of the city. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.

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"Chang fails [in her account] because she rushes to simplify complex events and to universalize what happened at the expense of a careful, comprehensive appreciation of a world violently destroyed."

The Rape of Nanking

by Chang, Iris

First Edition, 5th Ptg.

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Book desription: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Basic Books, 1998. Subtitled, "The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II". 290 pp. Book is clean and tight with very slight wear. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with slight wear and in protective cover. Very Nice copy.. ISBN: 0465068359. First Edition, 5th Ptg.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, SECOND WAR, TWO, JAPANESE INVASION OF CHINA, CHINA.

Bookseller: Texas Star Books (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 009226
Edition: First Edition, 5th Ptg.
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0465068359
ISBN 13: 9780465068357
Publisher: Basic Books
Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date published: 1998
Pages: 290
Size: 7 x 9.5 x 1.25 inches
LCCN: DS796.N2C44 1997
Dewey: 951.1/36/042
Weight: 1.4 pounds
Subjects: HISTORY / Military / World War II;

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