Scars of War: The Impact of Warfare on Modern China (Contemporary Chinese Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774808411 ISBN 13: 9780774808415

Publisher: UBC Press, 2001

Synopsis

Throughout its modern history China has suffered from immense destruction and loss of life from warfare. In its worst periods of warfare, the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War (1937-45), millions of civilians lost their lives. But in China, the story of modern war-related death and suffering has remained hidden. The Rape of Nanking is beginning to be known, but hundreds of other massacres are still unrecognized by the outside world and even by China itself. The focus of Scars of War is the social and psychological, not the economic, costs of war on the country. The book is illustrated with contemporary photographs and woodblock prints. Each chapter is introduced by a traditional Chinese saying (cheng-yu) on warfare.

About this title

Book Description:

A forceful look at the long-term social and psychological impact of warfare on modern China’s civilian population.

About the Author:

Diana Lary is professor of history and director of the Centre for Chinese Research, University of British Columbia.

About this edition

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0774808411
• ISBN 13: 9780774808415
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222
• Editor: MacKinnon Stephen, Lary Diana