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The Nanjing Massacre and Post-Massacre Social Conditions Recorded in British Diplomatic Dispatches, Admiralty Documents, and U.S. Naval Intelligence Reports. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,5 cm / 15,7 cm / 1,9 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9780761858812
105,70 €
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242 Seiten
Oktober 2012
University Press of America

This book contains a collection of British diplomatic documents, Royal Navy reports, and US naval intelligence reports pertaining to the Nanjing Massacre. These newly unearthed documents enhance our knowledge and understanding of the scope and depth of the tragedy.

Suping Lu is a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of They Were in Nanjing: The Nanjing Massacre Witnessed by American and British Nationals (2004), and the editor of Terror in Minnie Vautrin's Nanjing: Diaries and Correspondence, 1937-38 (2008), and A Mission under Duress: The Nanjing Massacre and Post-Massacre Social Conditions Documented by American Diplomats (2010).

Preface Introduction 1 The Fall of Nanjing 2 Reign of Terror 3 Conditions in the Fallen Capital 4 Violation of British Property and Interests 5 Royal Navy Reports of Proceedings 6 U.S. Naval Intelligence Reports Notes Index