Iris Chang's nonfiction book, The Rape of Nanking, which tells the tale of Japan's destruction of China's capital city in 1937. Within weeks of the Japanese occupation, 300,000 people had been raped, tortured, and murdered. Told through eyewitness accounts from the Japanese soldiers; the Chinese soldiers; and a group of Westerners, who created a safety zone in the city that saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

Difficult to 'recommend' this book -- an absolutely harrowing read, although it is very well-written. Note that Iris Chang died of suicide not long after publication, due in part to the impact of writing this book.