Scars of War

The Impact of Warfare on Modern China

Author: Diana Lary and Stephen MacKinnon Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies

A forceful look at the long-term social and psychological impact ofwarfare on modern China's civilian population.

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

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A forceful look at the long-term social and psychological impact ofwarfare on modern China's civilian population.

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

Description

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. For China, the story of modern war-related death and suffering has remained hidden. The Rape of Nanjing 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 this work is the social and psychological (not the economic) costs of war on the country. The book is illustrated with photographs by Capa and with Chinese woodblock prints. Each chapter is introduced by a traditional Chinese saying ("cheng-yu") on warfare.

About the Author

Diana Lary is a professor of history, affiliated withthe Center for Chinese Research, at the University of British Columbia.Stephen MacKinnon is a professor of history at ArizonaState University.

More on this Book

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. For 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 The 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.