Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Rape of Nanking: Processes and Participants
Chapter 3: The Attacks by Germany and Japan: The Ideology of Irresponsibility
Chapter 4: The Surrenders of Germany and Japan: The Ideology of Face-Protection
Chapter 5: Conclusion Locating the Findings in a Wider Context

About the Author

Christopher Barnard is Associate Professor in the Department of Anglo-American Language and Culture, Teikyo University, Tokyo.

Reviews

'[An] extensively researched and important study ... a unique insight into one vital aspect of Japanese thinking.' - Contemporary Review'[Barnard] is to be congratulated on opening up a new dimension of understanding, and he has certainly justified his claim that content-type analyses of textbooks need to be supplemented by close scrutiny of the style of language in which they are written.' - Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society