The Rape of Nanking is a 1997 book by Iris Chang (張純如) and William C. Kirby, which presents a controversial history of the Nanjing Massacre.
Some US and Japanese scholars have disputed the accuracy of the book. They pointed out that the book contains many serious factual errors including fabricated photographs and cannot be trusted. They noted that particular figures presented in the book are misleading--for example, the number of people killed outnumbers the residents in Nanking at that time.
The Japanese translation was halted because of disagreement between Chang and Kashiwa shobo, the publisher. As a result of the controversy and evidentiary disputes surrounding the book, Kashiwa shobo had planned to publish a critical commentary about some factual errors in the same volume.
External links
- Some Corrections in paperback edition by Iris Chang herself
- Book Review: The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang (by Timothy M. Kelly]
- Fact Finders' Forum (on fake photos)
- "The Horror" by David M. Kennedy (The Atlantic Monthly, Apr. 1998)]
- the Hirota "Attila and his Huns" telegram forgery
- Chinese Suppression of Free Speech