Suping Lu was born and raised in China. Lu graduated from Nanjing Teachers University before he came to the United States to continue his education at the Ohio University and the University of South Carolina. He is a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the author of They Were in Nanjing: The Nanjing Massacre Witnessed by American and British Nationals (2004), and the editor of Terror in Minnie Vautrin's Nanjing: Diaries and Correspondence, 1937-38 (2008).

The Nanjing Massacre, the looting, buming, and rape of the Chinese capital by Japanese troops in December 1937, is a subject of interest and debate among historians and non-historians alike. It has been the subject of numerous academic and popular histories, documentaries, films, and articles....Lu has painstakingly researched and tracked down all the relevant material, placing it in chronological order and annotating all the biographical and geographical details....it is an excellent supplement to a general history....providing extensive biographical information for all the nationalities...For a student looking for a primary source, an historian looking to track down locations of the massacre, or a reader looking to expand their knowledge of the Nanjing Massacre, A Mission under Duressis a valuable addition.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1. Arrival in the Ravaged CityChapter 4 2. Investigation into Japanese AtrocitiesChapter 5 3. Allison Slapped by a Japanese SoldierChapter 6 4. Violation of American Property and InterestsChapter 7 5. Establishment of Provisional GovernmentChapter 8 6. Japanese Businesses Flock into NanjingChapter 9 7. Thomson Slapping IncidentChapter 10 8. Damage and Losses Compensation ClaimsChapter 11 NotesChapter 12 Index

Suping Lu was born and raised in China. Lu graduated from Nanjing Teachers University before he came to the United States to continue his education at the Ohio University and the University of South Carolina. He is a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the author of They Were in Nanjing: The Nanjing Massacre Witnessed by American and British Nationals (2004), and the editor of Terror in Minnie Vautrin's Nanjing: Diaries and Correspondence, 1937-38 (2008).

The Nanjing Massacre, the looting, buming, and rape of the Chinese capital by Japanese troops in December 1937, is a subject of interest and debate among historians and non-historians alike. It has been the subject of numerous academic and popular histories, documentaries, films, and articles....Lu has painstakingly researched and tracked down all the relevant material, placing it in chronological order and annotating all the biographical and geographical details....it is an excellent supplement to a general history....providing extensive biographical information for all the nationalities...For a student looking for a primary source, an historian looking to track down locations of the massacre, or a reader looking to expand their knowledge of the Nanjing Massacre, A Mission under Duressis a valuable addition.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1. Arrival in the Ravaged CityChapter 4 2. Investigation into Japanese AtrocitiesChapter 5 3. Allison Slapped by a Japanese SoldierChapter 6 4. Violation of American Property and InterestsChapter 7 5. Establishment of Provisional GovernmentChapter 8 6. Japanese Businesses Flock into NanjingChapter 9 7. Thomson Slapping IncidentChapter 10 8. Damage and Losses Compensation ClaimsChapter 11 NotesChapter 12 Index

Suping Lu was born and raised in China. Lu graduated from Nanjing Teachers University before he came to the United States to continue his education at the Ohio University and the University of South Carolina. He is a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the author of They Were in Nanjing: The Nanjing Massacre Witnessed by American and British Nationals (2004), and the editor of Terror in Minnie Vautrin's Nanjing: Diaries and Correspondence, 1937-38 (2008).

The Nanjing Massacre, the looting, buming, and rape of the Chinese capital by Japanese troops in December 1937, is a subject of interest and debate among historians and non-historians alike. It has been the subject of numerous academic and popular histories, documentaries, films, and articles....Lu has painstakingly researched and tracked down all the relevant material, placing it in chronological order and annotating all the biographical and geographical details....it is an excellent supplement to a general history....providing extensive biographical information for all the nationalities...For a student looking for a primary source, an historian looking to track down locations of the massacre, or a reader looking to expand their knowledge of the Nanjing Massacre, A Mission under Duressis a valuable addition.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1. Arrival in the Ravaged CityChapter 4 2. Investigation into Japanese AtrocitiesChapter 5 3. Allison Slapped by a Japanese SoldierChapter 6 4. Violation of American Property and InterestsChapter 7 5. Establishment of Provisional GovernmentChapter 8 6. Japanese Businesses Flock into NanjingChapter 9 7. Thomson Slapping IncidentChapter 10 8. Damage and Losses Compensation ClaimsChapter 11 NotesChapter 12 Index