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Record Nr.

UNINA9910427041203321

Autore

Cheng Zhaoqi

Titolo

The Nanjing Massacre and Sino-Japanese relations : examining the Japanese 'illusion' school / / Zhaoqi Cheng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gateway East, Singapore : , : Shanghai Jial Tong University Press : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

981-15-7887-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (545 pages)

Disciplina

951.042

Soggetti

Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword by JianJun Zhang -- Foreword by Sun Zhaiwei -- About This Book -- Contents -- Monograph -- Who Made Up the "Lies"-An Analysis on Japanese Annual of the Japan Association for Nanjing Studies -- 1 The Emergence of the "Association" and Its Annual in the Context of Right Deviation -- 2 The "Beguilement" of "Impartial Database" -- The So-Called "Clearing Fields Combat" -- Are There Any Records on the Population of Nanjing That Are Roughly Consistent with One Another? -- Was the Population of Nanjing Concentrated in Safety Zone?

3 "Valuable Findings" Which Cannot Bear Examinations -- Is There No News Blackout in Japan at Wartime? -- Why Is "Slaughter" Not Mentioned? -- Do Durdin's Records Come from the "Information Sources" of Bates? -- The Problem About the So-Called Chinese "Counselor" -- 4 Epilogue -- A Study of the Bearing and Discipline of the Japanese Army Invading China-Taking the 10th Army as an Example -- 1 Relevant Documents and Military Law System of the 10th Japanese Army -- 2 The Sexual Atrocities Everywhere -- The Japanese Army Raped Regardless of the Place -- The Japanese Army Raped Regardless of Time

The Japanese Raped Regardless of Age -- The Gang Rapes Committed by the Japanese Troops -- The Extremely Violent Rapes Committed by the Japanese Troops -- 3 Reckless Murder, Arson and Looting -- 4 The



Dereliction of Military Code Council Reveals No Effective Institutional Restrictions upon the Crime Committed by the Japanese Army -- 5 Brief Conclusion -- Re-evaluation of Iwane Matsui's War Guilt-Verifications of One of the Testimonies on the Nanjing Massacre Given by the Defendants at the Tokyo War Crimes Trials -- 1 Put Forward the Issues -- 2 The Evaluation of Iwane Matsui's "Affidavit"

Attacking Nanjing Is Not an "Accident" to Iwane Matsui -- Whether Iwane Matsui Continued to Emphasize the Military Discipline -- Whether Iwane Matsui Have the Intention of "Full Cooperation and Negotiation with the Chinese Government" -- Whether Iwane Matsui Is Especially Concerned About the Protection of Western Interests -- Whether Iwane Matsui apologizes for "Ladybird Incident" -- 3 Re-evaluation of Iwane Matsui's War Guilt -- 4 Further Discussion -- A Study of the Massacre Order for Japanese Troops -- Is the Nanjing Massacre a Fabrication Made by Tokyo Trial?

Is The Good Man of Nanking: The Diaries of John Rabe an "Unfounded Fabrication"?-An Examination of The Truth of Nanjing Incident: An Examination of John Rabe's Diaries -- Re-discussion on "The 100-Man Killing Contest" -- 1 I -- 2 II -- 3 III -- 4 IV -- 5 V -- Re-examination of Ogawa Sekijiro's Testimony-Examination II of the Testimonies of the Defendants on Nanjing Atrocities in Tokyo Trial -- 1 Ogawa Sekijiro's Affidavit -- 2 Did "Commander Matsui" Order the Army to Strictly Observe Military Discipline? -- 3 Was There Uncertainty Between Rape and "Adultery"?

Sommario/riassunto

Based on extensive research on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, this book closely examines the claims and controversy surrounding the ‘Nanjing Massacre’, a period of murder in 1937-1938 committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing (Nanking), after the capture of the then capital of the Republic of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Focusing on weighing up arguments denying Nanjing Massacre, this book considers the Japanese ‘Illusion’ school of thought which contests the truth of the Nanjing Massacre claims, including the death toll and the scale of the violence. The Nanjing Massacre remains a controversial issue in Sino-Japanese relations, despite the normalization of bilateral relations, and this book goes to great lengths to examine the events through comparative narratives, investigating different perspectives and contributings to the debate from the extensive research of the Tokyo Trial Research Centre at Shanghai, as well as volumes of Chinese and Japanese historical documents.