It is very upsetting to me to think this revisionist history is happening in Japan, and is almost happening here, by virtue of it's lack of attention. I have spent many years reading and watching, and thinking about the Holocost in Europe, and never realized how bad the atrocities committed in Asia were, particularly in China. I think it is important for Americans to be constantly reminded of this discrepancy, for the sake of the Chinese who died, and the truth we are suppossed to revere. I am very sad about the relationship of America to China. This needs to change.
Chinese people are a great people, and the country is so ancient and so deserving of so much more.
I hope this book and your postings help. I don't know what a person like myself can do, except say I am glad I know and will be sure to mention this whenever chance allows it. How I am not sure. It is a story that cannot be forgotten. I am a senior Asian Studies Major at a small college in Iowa and have been writing a research paper on the Rape of Nanking for this last semester.