Nanking.  Directed by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman. Written by Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman and Elisabeth Bentley. (2007). With the participation of Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, Jurgen Prochnow and others. Japanese Invade China August 1937 In August 1937 the Japanese Army invaded China, bombarding Shanghai first, and when that city had fallen, headed for the lovely old capital city of Nanking. What followed there in December 1937 has come to be known as the Rape of Nanking, during which upwards of 200,000 civilians were slaughtered and at least 20,000 women and girls were raped.  The exact facts of these horrific war crimes are still debated by the Japanese and the Chinese.

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 Book Review: The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals.  Jane Mayer. Doubleday: New York, 2008. Prepare to be shattered. This is a difficult book to read. Mysteries of Bush Administration Response Post 9/11 Revealed Jane Mayer’s meticulous dissection of the actions of the Bush administration post 9/11 is an extraordinary service to Americans and to the world. Many of us have been trying to understand how this presidency went so wrong.

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