The 1937-1938 Nanjing atrocities / Suping Lu.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-572) and index.

Japanese military expansion -- Road to Nanjing -- Brutality following the fall of Nanjing : large-scale massacres -- Small-scale mass executions and individual killings -- Raping, looting, and burning -- Testimonies by Chinese survivors and witnesses -- Japanese soldiers' accounts -- International committee for Nanjing safety zone and westerners in Nanjing -- Media coverage in English, Chinese and Japanese -- American, British, and German diplomatic documents -- Disposing of victim bodies -- Post-war military tribunals -- Controversies over the Nanjing massacre -- The 100-man killing contest and controversies.