Scars of War

Throughout its modern history China has suffered from immense
destruction and loss of life from warfare. In its worst periods of
warfare, the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War (1937-45), millions
of civilians lost their lives. For China, the story of modern
war-related death and suffering has remained hidden. The Rape of
Nanking is beginning to be known, but hundreds of other massacres are
still unrecognized by the outside world and even by China itself. The
focus of Scars of War is the social and psychological, not the
economic, costs of war on the country. The book is illustrated with
contemporary photographs and woodblock prints. Each chapter is
introduced by a traditional Chinese saying (cheng-yu) on warfare.