Nightmare in Nanking", an essay by Sue De Pasquale about Chang's book The Rape of Nanking, Humanities and the Arts, Johns Hopkins Magazine The memorial hall of the victims in Nanjing massacre by Japanese invaders". Archived from the original on 2014-12-18 . Retrieved 2007-07-31. Beatrice S. Bartlett". Yale University. Archived from the original on September 20, 2006 . Retrieved 2007-07-21.

The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal—and forgotten—massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War II, "piecing together the abundant eyewitness reports into an undeniable tapestry of horror". (Adam Hochschild, Salon) a b Foreword by William C. Kirby, in: Iris Chang (1998). The Rape of Nanking. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-465-06835-9.Timothy M. Kelly, former professor of religious studies at Edogawa University, [44] alleged that her book contained plagiarized passages. [45] a b Kathleen E. McLaughlin, "Iris Chang's suicide stunned those she tried so hard to help", San Francisco Chronicle, November 20, 2004. Did you know? Once one of China's most prosperous cities and industrial centers, Nanjing took decades to recover from the devastation it experienced in the Rape of Nanjing. Abandoned as the national capital in 1949 for Beijing, it later grew into a modern industrial city during the communist period and today is home to many of China's largest state-owned firms.

And that is her strongest argument - education. I would definitely consider including snippets of Chang's book in classroom discussions on morality, ethics, and religious understanding of war. I would ask students to discuss, most particularly, current Confucian world views and Buddhist practices in Asia, in the context of Pan-Asian relationships. I would also initiate a discussion regarding the morality of war monuments (I was very inspired by our class on the Ear Mound.) And, I would like to see how students would respond to the query that, perhaps sometimes, too much study of war crimes can be too much. In other words, what would be the instructional motivation of pressing for a deep awareness of such violence?John Rabe (1998). The Good Man of Nanking: The Diaries of John Rabe. Random House. ISBN 0-375-40211-X. I can assure you that virtually none of these errors had anything to do with the historical description of the Nanking massacre itself.” [32]

Rape of Nanking author Iris Chang honoured in new China museum". South China Morning Post. June 1, 2017 . Retrieved March 13, 2023. As a book it is well written and edited, not just a compilation of statistics and facts, but a narrative that gives the reader space to digest information. Chang is a talented researcher and interviewer whose work gives a degree of intimate revelation to the lives of the victims which only makes the subject matter harder to swallow. You do not read this book to enjoy it or to be entertained but to pay respect to those who suffered and to learn about the shared history of the world.

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In December 1937, one of the most horrific atrocities in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking (what was then the capital of China), and within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered. In this seminal work, Iris Chang, whose own grandparents barely escaped the massacre, tells this history from three perspectives: that of the Japanese soldiers, that of the Chinese, and that of a group of Westerners who refused to abandon the city and created a safety zone, which saved almost 300,000 Chinese. a b "American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking". Southern Illinois University. Archived from the original on 2007-05-25 . Retrieved 2007-07-23. Guide to the Iris Chang Papers at the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives of the University of California at Santa Barbara