Nanking : Anatomy of an Atrocity.

Cover -- NANKING -- Contents -- Illustrations -- MAPS -- CHARTS -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- NOTES -- 1 What Causes War Atrocities: A Historical Analysis -- HISTORY OF WAR ATROCITIES -- From Ancient Time to Napoleonic Wars -- 19th Century -- Hague Convention and World War I -- ATROCITIES IN ASIA -- Chinese Military Conduct through the 19th Century -- Japanese Military Conduct through the 19th Century -- Massacre at Port Arthur -- NOTES -- 2 The Battle of Shanghai and the Prelude to Nanking -- THE OUTBREAK OF THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR AND THE BATTLE OF SHANGHAI -- JAPANESE ARMY'S MARCH TO NANKING -- FALL OF NANKING -- NOTES -- 3 Nanking: Analysis of Military Actions and Number of Victims -- CASUALTIES FOR WHICH THE CHINESE FORCES WERE RESPONSIBLE -- COMBAT CASUALTIES -- EXECUTION OF PLAINCLOTHES SOLDIERS, POWS, AND MEN OF CONSCRIPTION AGE -- Cases of the SEF: Mass Surrenders and Mass Executions -- Cases of Tenth Army: Sporadic Killings -- TOTAL NUMBER OF VICTIMS -- NOTES -- 4 Nanking: Analysis of Individually Committed Crimes and Nature of Atrocities -- CRIMES INDIVIDUALLY COMMITTED -- Murder -- Disorder and Looting -- Incendiarism -- Rape -- NATURE AND CAUSES OF ATROCITIES IN NANKING -- Execution of Plainclothes Soldiers, POWs, and Men of Conscription Age -- Crimes Individually Committed -- Historical Analysis -- NOTES -- 5 Aftermath and Reaction until 1945 -- JAPAN -- CHINA -- THE WEST (ESPECIALLY THE UNITED STATES) -- NOTES -- 6 War Crimes Trials -- CHINESE PREPARATIONS FOR WAR CRIMES TRIALS -- TRIAL OF TANI HISAO -- TRIAL OF THREE OFFICERS-MUKAI, NODA, AND TANAKA -- TOKYO WAR CRIMES TRIAL -- The Prosecution's Case -- The Case for the Defense -- The Verdict -- The Origins of Controversy -- NOTES -- 7 Sounds of Controversy -- START AND RENEWAL OF CONTROVERSY -- CRITICAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF REVISIONIST VIEWS.

CRITICAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONALIST VIEWS -- THE EMERGENCE OF CENTRIST VIEWS AND THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE DEBATE -- RECENT CHINESE AND WESTERN VIEWS -- NANKING AND THE HOLOCAUST: HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS -- SUMMARY OF THE RAPE OF NANKING DEBATE: ANALOGY WITH A COURT OF LAW -- NOTES -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- Appendix A: Japanese and Chinese Forces in Nanking -- JAPANESE ARMY UNITS IN NANKING -- Central China Area Army [Matsui Iwane] -- CHINESE ARMY UNITS IN NANKING -- Nanking Garrison Force [T'ang Sheng-chih (Wade-Giles)/ Tang Shengzhi (Pinyin)] -- Appendix B: Burial Statistics of Red Swastika Society in Nanking -- Appendix C: Burial Records of Ch'ung-shan-t'ang -- Appendix D: Civilian Losses Based on Smythe's Data -- Bibliography -- PUBLISHED COLLECTIONS OF PRIMARY MATERIALS -- UNPUBLISHED COLLECTIONS OF PRIMARY MATERIALS -- ARCHIVAL MATERIALS IN ENGLISH (1): CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS -- ARCHIVAL MATERIALS IN ENGLISH (2): IMTFE DOCUMENTS -- ARCHIVAL MATERIALS IN JAPANESE (1): DIPLOMATIC RECORDS -- ARCHIVAL MATERIALS IN JAPANESE (2): MILITARY RECORDS [IN THE ORDER OF COMMAND SUPERIORITY] -- ARCHIVAL MATERIALS IN CHINESE (1): MILITARY RECORDS -- ARCHIVAL MATERIALS IN CHINESE (2): WAR CRIMES TRIALS -- DIARIES AND PRIVATE TESTIMONIES -- SECONDARY SOURCES: (A) ENGLISH -- SECONDARY SOURCES: (B) FOREIGN LANGUAGES -- NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES -- VIDEOS, INTERNET WEB SITES, AND OTHER SOURCES (ALL WEB PAGE ADDRESSES ARE THOSE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF RESEARCH) -- Index -- About the Author.

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