The Rape of Nanking

I have read the book titled “The Rape of Nanking”. This book is appropriately titled due to the subject matter it covers. It covers an incident during World War II known as “The Rape of Nanking”. The book was written by Iris Chang and is two hundred and thirty pages long with an additional twenty four pages of pictures. The Rape of Nanking was an incident that occurred in December of 1937. Nanking at this time …showed first 75 words of 1262 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1262 total…bring back the thousands of lives that these men and their associates were responsible for. Many people today remain distraught about this incident being kind of overseen by the rest of the war. Most people who are upset justify this feeling by saying everyone learns about the gas chambers and about Auschwitz but not much is taught about “The Rape of Nanking”. Also some people have the belief that “history is condemned to repeat itself”.