Clarify History: Research and Reflection on the Nanjing Massacre

Author: Sun Zhaiwei
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The Nanjing Massacre, as a globally renowned historical event, has research works falling into two major categories: "history" and "theory." Works under the "history" category, while embedding arguments within historical accounts, primarily focus on longitudinal discussions of historical facts, making it、. This book, however, belongs to the "theory" category, expanding horizontally to conduct theoretical explorations. It selects numerous mature and socially issues related to the massacre for in-depth discussions. Its characteristics are:
Broad. It covers all aspects of the Nanjing Massacre, from its multiple connections with the Nanjing Defense War, to the causes, temporal and spatial scope, refugee camps, scale, sexual violence, resistance, and survivors of the massacre, as well as its impacts and collective memory—totaling 10 chapters.
Deep. Building on existing research, it takes key theoretical issues a step further, providing thorough and insightful analysis.
New. New materials and perspectives are a significant feature of this book. For instance, it newly discloses four additional charitable organizations involved in burying the dead and compiles 1–470 records of Japanese atrocities, presenting the most comprehensive and extensive collection to date. The book also includes classic materials on the study of the massacre as appendices, such as excerpts from the judgments of the two post-war military tribunals and burial statistics tables from charitable organizations directly related to the Nanjing Massacre death toll. It can be considered the most authoritative, innovative, and profound work in expanding theoretical research on the massacre in China to date.