Further Details Title: A Mission under Duress Condition: New Subtitle: The Nanjing Massacre and Post-Massacre Social Conditions Documented by American Diplomats Author: Suping Lu Contributor: Suping Lu (Edited by) Format: Hardback Type: Hardback ISBN-10: 0761851496 EAN: 9780761851493 ISBN: 9780761851493 Publisher: University Press of America Genre: History Topic: Society & Culture Release Date: 23/06/2010 Language: English Number of Pages: 394 Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 240mm Item Length: 161mm Item Width: 29mm Item Weight: 744g Release Year: 2010 Description: Immediately after capturing the Chinese capital, Nanjing, on December 13, 1937, Japanese soldiers committed atrocities such as mass executions, rampant rapes, arson, and looting in and around the city. The carnage went on for weeks. On January 6, 1938, after the worst of the massacre atrocities was over, three American diplomats arrived in Nanjing. Upon their arrival, Third Secretary John Moore Allison, Vice Consul James Espy, and Code Clerk Archibald Alexander McFardyen, Jr. cabled dispatches about the atrocities and other conditions in the city to the Department of State and other U.S. diplomatic posts in China. Often, they dispatched several reports within a day. These atrocity reports, which were largely based on interviews with American missionaries and their own investigations, gave detailed descriptions of Japanese atrocities, property damage, social conditions, relief efforts, diplomatic wrestling, and many other aspects of life in the city during and after the massacre period. The value of these diplomatic dispatches and reports, which were retrieved from the national archives, rests on that they extensively document the American diplomats' role, their observations and attitude toward the situation there, their efforts to help the Chinese and protect the Americans, and their struggles with the Japanese. Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing. |