Suping Lu is a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is 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), and A Mission under Duress: The Nanjing Massacre and Post-Massacre Social Conditions Documented by American Diplomats (2010).

Lu’sprimary documents are a treasure trove for researchers. Furthermore, he is right to argue that the Japanese committed their worst massacres outside the walled city, beyond the view of Westerners.

• PrefaceIntroduction 1 The Fall of Nanjing 2 Reign of Terror 3 Conditions in the Fallen Capital 4 Violation of British Property and Interests 5 Royal Navy Reports of Proceedings 6 U.S. Naval Intelligence Reports Notes Index

Suping Lu is a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is 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), and A Mission under Duress: The Nanjing Massacre and Post-Massacre Social Conditions Documented by American Diplomats (2010).

Lu’sprimary documents are a treasure trove for researchers. Furthermore, he is right to argue that the Japanese committed their worst massacres outside the walled city, beyond the view of Westerners.

• PrefaceIntroduction 1 The Fall of Nanjing 2 Reign of Terror 3 Conditions in the Fallen Capital 4 Violation of British Property and Interests 5 Royal Navy Reports of Proceedings 6 U.S. Naval Intelligence Reports Notes Index

Suping Lu is a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is 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), and A Mission under Duress: The Nanjing Massacre and Post-Massacre Social Conditions Documented by American Diplomats (2010).

Lu’sprimary documents are a treasure trove for researchers. Furthermore, he is right to argue that the Japanese committed their worst massacres outside the walled city, beyond the view of Westerners.

• PrefaceIntroduction 1 The Fall of Nanjing 2 Reign of Terror 3 Conditions in the Fallen Capital 4 Violation of British Property and Interests 5 Royal Navy Reports of Proceedings 6 U.S. Naval Intelligence Reports Notes Index