The Rape of Nanking

The engines of militarism and ultranationalism drove World War II to the depths of darkness in human history. The wars in Europe and Asia shared aspects of ultranationalism and yet were dissimilar in how these nations arrived at World War II and how they reacted afterwards. There is no question as to whether ultranationalist motives and racial myths insinuated human rights violations. However, war guilt remains a controversial and unsettled issue today. While ideas of glorification, racial…

the Great Depression on Jewish people, alluding that with them gone the majority of Germany’s problems would be solved. Japan was also another country that showed authority and demonstrated fascism by carrying out the Mukden Incident and the Rape of Nanking. Each of these countries showed extreme fascism and non-unity by presenting efforts to eradicate certain groups of…

350,000, and asserts that between 20,000 and 80,000 women were raped” (Sedgwick). However, “the other end of the spectrum is occupied by Japanese 'revisionists ' such as Higashinakano Shudo who has concluded that ‘seven cases of rape was the entire scope of the Nanking Incident’” (Sedgwick). While neither of these figures can be wholeheartedly trusted, it is clear that violence occurred against innocent civilians. In her momoir Bend Not Break, Ping Fu asserts that “the city erupted in…

Present, 936) Eventually a full out war would break out with the Chinese, leading to major step in the direction of other nations becoming involved with the war in the Pacific, this war also brought about a mass slaughter of Chinese people, the Rape of Nanking, further angering peace seeking nations. In addition to militaristic and imperialistic advancements, the Japanese…

Slinkies were accidentally invented in the 40’s by Richard T. James, a period dominated by war, when he was engineering a way to stabilize delicate equipment to be used on a moving ship. World War II, from 1939 to 1945, took place as a result of of the aftermath of World War I. After a humiliating defeat, Germany’s ruined landscape and crippled economy crushed the nation’s spirits and identity. Adolf Hitler, a radical German fascist, seized this opportunity and rose to power. His regime is know…

Plan of investigation In my investigation I will be looking at to what extent did the holocaust affect the survivors both mentally and physically upon return home from the concentration camps. I will be looking at books both present and from the time period that talk about how they felt and what happened when they got home. I will also surf the internet and find interviews with survivors look for articles and news papers from the time in order to get a better idea of what was going on for the…

to topple the already-present Bosnian government, with Franjo Tudjam, a Croat living in Bosnia, trying to do the same with the Croatians living in the area. Ruth Seifert, in her paper “Second Front: The Logic of Sexual Violence in War”, argues that rape that occurs in civil war is “not the sum total of a couple of hundred thousand genetic predispositions for aggressiveness.”, that it must be looked at as a social tool used against another’s enemy (Seifert…

In 1912, the Qing `Dynasty ended and there was a power vacuum in China. The Nationalist Party became the leading power, but by 1917, communism was on the rise and the Communist Party of China became a prominent influence on politics in China (“The Qing Dynasty”, Wu). Instead of debating with governmental discussions, the military eventually entered into the conflict. The Kuomintang leaders Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek fought for a democratic Republic of China. Mao Zedong, head of the…

In the case Weems V. US the US Supreme Court decided that though is has not been determined to what means is a punishment cruel and unusual. It was upheld, however; that the definition should not be held only to the”evil” described by the framers of the constitution. On May 3, 1946, a seventeen year old Willie Francis was convicted and was unsuccessfully executed through the means of an electric chair. Six days after the attempted execution, a new warrant of death was issued and so began the…

Josh Bahlmann 17 April 2018 Banzai Babe Ruth Review Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, & Assassination is an extreme narrative that accounts for the events of an attempted goodwill tour of Japan by some of the United State’s Major League Baseball’s top talent ballplayers. The book covers much of the brainstorming and motivation behind the tour’s goals and ambitions as well as the events that occurred on the field while at the same time making connections of those event’s influences on…