In recent years the international community has begun to scrutinize and, in many cases, condemn the atrocities that took place at Nanking in late 1937. This is all part of a larger worldwide movement in which both nations and multinational groups are attempting to reach closure regarding past atrocities and inhumanities. As represented by the contributors to this book, these activities have an importance reaching far beyond aggressors or victims, beyond admission or vindication, but rather are a search for the common causes of all human atrocities and for solutions that would set humanity on a path toward a more peaceful and harmonious international community.
Foreword ix Perry Link Acknowledgments xxi Introduction xxiii Part One. Nanking in a Global Context The Nanking Massacre as a Historical Symbol 3(7) Ian Buruma Redressing Grievances: Assessing the Nanking Massacre 10(25) Richard Falk Part Two. Revisiting Nanking: Views from China and Japan Causes of the Nanking Massacre 35(12) Sun Zhaiwei The Nanking Massacre Reassessed: A Study of the Sino-Japanese Controversy over the Factual Number of Massacred Victims 47(28) Lee En-Han Remembering the Nanking Massacre 75(20) Kasahara Tokushi The Overall Picture of the ``Nanking Massacre 95(26) Higashinakano Shudo Part Three. Remembering Nanking Reporting the ``Fall of Nankin and the Suppression of a Japanese Literary ``Memory of the Nature of a War 121(33) Haruko Taya Cook Refighting the Nanking Massacre: The Continuing Struggle over Memory 154(29) Takashi Yoshida Part Four. Healing the Wounds The ``Black Milk of Historical Consciousness: Thinking About the Nanking Massacre in Light of Jewish Memory 183(22) Vera Schwarcz The Tokyo War Crimes Trial, War Responsibility, and Postwar Responsibility 205(31) Onuma Yasuaki Toward a Common Historical Understanding: The Nanking Massacre as a Challenge of Transnational History 236(25) Daqing Yang Contributors and Advisers 261(4) Index 265
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