In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered--a death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Using extensive interviews with survivors and newly discovered documents, Iris Chang has written what will surely be the definitive history of this horrifying episode. The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: of the Japanese soldiers who performed it, of the Chinese civilians who endured it, and of a group of Europeans and Americans who refused to abandon the city and were able to create a safety zone that saved almost 300,000 Chinese. Among these was the Nazi John Rabe, an unlikely hero whom Chang calls the "Oskar Schindler of China" and who worked tirelessly to protect the innocent and publicize the horror. More than just narrating the details of an orgy of violence, The Rape of Nanking analyzes the militaristic culture that fostered in the Japanese soldiers a total disregard for human life. Finally, it tells the appalling story: about how the advent of the Cold War led to a concerted effort on the part of the West and even the Chinese to stifle open discussion of this atrocity. Indeed, Chang characterizes this conspiracy of silence, that persists to this day, as "a second rape."
0 有用 老朱 2023-11-27 11:37:36 江苏
读了不下10遍,每次阅读心情都很沉重。
0 有用 大夫sz 2021-05-05 09:39:39
很好看,看过有点难受,长单词不多,15000个单词量。
0 有用 许多哈 2016-03-07 14:29:34
最近看完这本书,又看了钢琴家,德意志零年,整个人都处于不太好的状态。关于历史,关于作者,都有点心疼。
0 有用 巴山夜雨⟳ 2011-08-15 14:01:13
有感于“最后一个纳粹战犯——高龄91岁的德扬尤克(John Demjanjuk)——判刑后获释“ 的时文:有些东西是不能忘却的,即使每重温一次,都会给你带来深深的悲怆和愤怒。
0 有用 Lemonade 2022-10-30 12:09:26 美国
正视历史,不论是战败者还是受害者,不论是我们想要积极宣传的还是政治极力避免的。冤屈的灵魂永远都长眠于那片土地之下,而试图让他们就此沉寂,并不会让活着的人更完满地活着,不过是使我们这些从未经历的人无知而单纯地以为历史不会卷土重来罢了。
0 有用 老朱 2023-11-27 11:37:36 江苏
读了不下10遍,每次阅读心情都很沉重。
0 有用 Incarnation 2023-07-01 18:37:02 福建
张纯如
0 有用 Lemonade 2022-10-30 12:09:26 美国
正视历史,不论是战败者还是受害者,不论是我们想要积极宣传的还是政治极力避免的。冤屈的灵魂永远都长眠于那片土地之下,而试图让他们就此沉寂,并不会让活着的人更完满地活着,不过是使我们这些从未经历的人无知而单纯地以为历史不会卷土重来罢了。
0 有用 一颗葱头 2021-12-31 20:35:06
高中读的并做了报告。至今还记得美国同学们困惑的表情。
0 有用 大夫sz 2021-05-05 09:39:39
很好看,看过有点难受,长单词不多,15000个单词量。