The infamous Nanjing Massacre of 1937, in which the Japanese Imperial Army raped and slaughtered countless Chinese citizens on the eve of World War II, has been described in well-publicized books from various Chinese, Japanese and German perspectives. But this collection of first-hand testimony from the archives of the Yale Divinit; School Library may be the most powerful record of all. Here are eyewitness accounts by a remarkable group of nine men and one woman - dedicated, compassionate, well-educated, articulate, and devout missionaries who were ther on the scene, refusing to leave, and...
The infamous Nanjing Massacre of 1937, in which the Japanese Imperial Army raped and slaughtered countless Chinese citizens on the eve of World War II...
Taken from journals and letters written during the final decades of the Manchu Empire and the chaotic years of revolution and civil war leading up to the War of Resistance (1937-1945), this is the story of the life and work of the Protestant missionaries who opened their first station in the upper Min River region of Fujian Province in 1874.
Despite the fact that the upriver missionary families were forced to evacuate their stations on average once every five years, often running a gauntlet of bandit rifle fire as their stern-oared rice boats rushed through narrow rapids, they...
Taken from journals and letters written during the final decades of the Manchu Empire and the chaotic years of revolution and civil war leading up ...
Taken from journals and letters written during the final decades of the Manchu Empire and the chaotic years of revolution and civil war leading up to the War of Resistance (1937-1945), this is the story of the life and work of the Protestant missionaries who opened their first station in the upper Min River region of Fujian Province in 1874.
Despite the fact that the upriver missionary families were forced to evacuate their stations on average once every five years, often running a gauntlet of bandit rifle fire as their stern-oared rice boats rushed through narrow rapids, they...
Taken from journals and letters written during the final decades of the Manchu Empire and the chaotic years of revolution and civil war leading up ...
