A word of caution

I would actually recommend a good dose of caution about this book, as its quite inflammatory, and it has been criticized by scholars on the subject for being ideological, and mixing some solid research with personal perspective without clarifying the difference. A much better consideration of the topic is Joshua Fogel's edited volume, The Nanjing Massacre in History and Historiography, which I highly recommend. Iris Chang's book can certainly be used, but teachers must be careful to present it with other materials and to contextualize it carefully.