A review by renbooks
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

5.0

I remember being upset in my history class in high school that my book devoted just two sentences to the Armenian genocide (and of course didn't call it genocide) that my great grandparents narrowly escaped. Well, at least it was mentioned at all. There was no mention in any of my history classes about the atrocities mentioned in this book, The Rape of Nanking. Well-written, insightful, and horrific. This is an important book but so hard to stomach. Can't really come up with words to describe it. I think she did a phenomenal job putting it together, explaining how the Japanese soldiers rationalized their actions and the failure of the Japanese government to acknowledge and make amends for their actions.