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November 4 Do the short activity at the RON Place in History link on genocide. post to wiki, is the Rape of Nanking a genocide, holocaust, or massacre? Explain your answer. Read Waking old Wounds Waking Old Wounds These are not simple questions and will take some time to answer. 1) Read through the allegations (accusation). Choose three of the most compelling ones whether you agree or not. 2) Which rebuttal seems the least credible and why based on your knowledge of the Rape of Nanking? 3) What do you make of Coox’s argument that the RON was not a Holocaust? Does calling it as such really detract from the German holocaust, as Coox states? 4) Coox attacks the notion that Nanking was perpetrated from the highest levels of the Japanese government down and that it was orchestrated to instill terror. Do you think his argument is credible? How much actual evidence is there in Chang’s book suggesting that high governmental officials knew and condoned the atrocity? (You should refer to chapter 8 to help you)