Criminal Evidence 731

刘书良Heilongjiang Education Press · ChinaOct 2025

Rating 4.0
Word count
231K words
Chapters
34
ISBN
9787570954377

Tags

History Books Historical ReappraisalPostwar AccountabilityJapanese InvasionBiological WarfarePatriotismMoral DilemmaDocumentary NarrativeTurbulent EraYouth Reading

Summary

Scapegoat 731 was planned to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. It is a work of documentary literature based on authoritative historical sources. Divided into seven chapters, the book systematically exposes the truth of the Japanese invaders' crimes committed in the name of "science" but in reality "massacre," covering the establishment of Unit 731, live human experiments, the conduct of biological warfare, the destruction of evidence after defeat, the postwar protection of war criminals, and the resistance of people of conscience. With primary historical sources as the narrative backbone, the book restores historical truth through evidence. It is of great significance for exposing Japanese war crimes against China, promoting patriotism and peace education, strengthening national memory, and consolidating national spirit.

Editor's review

Huangpu and the Northern Expedition is a monograph on military and political history focusing on the Northern Expedition (1926–1928) of the National Revolutionary Army, a key turning point in modern Chinese history. Co-authored by scholars Liu Fenghan and Hu Wensheng, its value lies not only in systematically tracing the military course of the Northern Expedition but also in deeply analyzing the core role played by Huangpu Military Academy faculty and students in this process and their far-reaching impact on China's military and political landscape. Compared with similar works, the book stands out for its extensive use of primary archival documents from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, including operational orders, telegrams, diaries, and memoirs from the period, striving to reconstruct the complex historical scene on an evidentiary basis. The authors do not simply portray the Northern Expedition as a linear victory but analyze in depth the political factions within the National Revolutionary Army, the complex maneuvering with local warlords, the role of Soviet advisers, and the gains and losses in strategy and tactics during the war. For readers who wish to go beyond textbook-style simple narratives and deeply understand the intense interaction and transformation of military, political, and social forces in 1920s China, this book provides a solid and thought-provoking analytical framework. Reading it helps us understand more fully the complexity of the intertwining of force and politics in modern China's unification process, and how military organizations (represented by the Huangpu clique) profoundly shaped the nation's fate in the decades that followed.

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Reading tips

  1. It is recommended to first gain a basic understanding of the late Beiyang government political situation and the background of the first KMT-CCP cooperation in order to better enter the book's context
  2. Readers may consult maps alongside the text to follow the routes of the Northern Expedition at each stage, enhancing spatial understanding of military operations
  3. Pay attention to the tactical analysis of key battles (such as Tingsi Bridge, Hesheng Bridge, Nanchang, and Longtan), which is one of the book's highlights

About the publisher

Heilongjiang Education Press China · Founded in 1983

Heilongjiang Education Press is an educational publishing house in China. Alongside textbooks, teaching aids and works on educational theory, its catalogue also covers history, biography, popular science, culture, motivational and personal-growth titles, and classic works. Representative books include the historical and documentary works The Evidence of 731 and Heroes Without Halos: Stories of Rural Soldiers from the Northeast Revolutionary Base, science titles for young readers such as Science Experiments That Top Primary Students Love to Take On and The Great Reveal of Animal Secrets You Don't Know: Hilarious Animal Habits, and the Harbin and Chongqing volumes in the Picture-Play Famous Places series of city-culture readers. In the personal-growth field there is Your Friends Determine Your Level, Your Circle Determines Your Future, together with sales-practice titles from the Read Beauty Library. Authors represented include Liu Shuliang, Xiao Dianchang, Wang Junjiang, Sarah Bodichon Lee, Yang Wenquan and Mu Guo. Public information is limited; the directions above are drawn mainly from the books in our catalogue.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 前言
  3. 序章 和平之殇
  4. 清水英男的证言：一名日本“少年兵”的良知觉醒
  5. “黑匣子”的秘密：被刻意掩埋的细菌战真相
  6. 临终证言：跨越一个世纪的人性救赎
  7. 第2章 黑太阳升起
  8. 石井四郎：一个被钉在靶心上的名字
  9. 天皇敕令：国家主导下的细菌战体系
  10. 第3章 人间炼狱
  11. 真相之火：背荫河暴行和正义的突围
  12. “特别移送”：活人“实验材料”的证据
  13. 毒害与杀戮：粮食与牲畜背后的细菌战阴谋
  14. 绝密基地：连苍蝇都飞不出去
  15. 泯灭人性的暴行：日军针对妇幼的细菌战罪行
  16. 安达特别实验场：蓝天下的罪恶
  17. 被抹去的生命：染病士兵的血色归途
  18. 第4章 血色蔓延
  19. 细菌武器“首秀”的挫败：诺门罕战役
  20. 死亡播种者：向大地撒布罪恶的“远征队”
  21. 第5章 末日狂奔
  22. 撤退前的焚烧与杀戮
  23. 惊恐大逃亡
  24. 第6章 沉默的阴谋
  25. 被“截胡”的逃亡部队
  26. 罪与罚：集体“消失”的 731 队员
  27. 摇身变成“专家”“学者”的恶魔
  28. “阶下囚”与“座上宾”角色转变
  29. 正义蒙尘：伯力审判
  30. 第7章 打开“黑匣子”的人： 他们也是英雄
  31. 金成民：破解“黑匣子”真相的专家
  32. 森村诚一：穿防护服出行的学者
  33. 参考文献
  34. 后记

FAQ

Does this book evaluate the Northern Expedition from a predominantly KMT perspective? This book is based on historical sources and strives to present multiple perspectives. Although the main thread follows the National Revolutionary Army, it also addresses and analyzes the role of the CCP in the Northern Expedition, the Soviet influence, and the positions of various warlord factions; it is not a single-party narrative.
How difficult is the book? Is specialized background required? This is an academic work with rich citations, combining narrative and analysis, and it has a certain threshold. However, the author's style is clear, and the main factual narrative is understandable to readers with high school-level historical knowledge. The in-depth analysis of military deployments and political maneuvering requires more focused reading.
What are the main features of this book compared with works on similar subjects? Its main features are its solid source base, drawing on archives from both mainland China and Taiwan; second, its detailed tactical and operational analysis of military actions rather than broad generalities; and third, its emphasis on closely integrating military developments with political developments, revealing the interaction between "the gun" and the building of political power.

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About the author

刘书良 Author

Liu Shuliang: publicly available information about this author is limited, and what can be confirmed at present is only the name as a credited author and one historical work, Evidence of Crime 731. The book is classified as history reading, and its subject points to the crimes of Unit 731 of the Japanese invading forces in China; it belongs to documentary historical writing grounded in documents and historical facts and addressed to general readers. On the available evidence, Liu Shuliang's approach leans toward presenting historical sources and sorting out facts, letting the evidence speak and organizing archives, testimonies and historical context into a readable narrative, so that readers can approach the details of this grave history. Because there are no reliable records of his life, career or other writings, his overall output cannot yet be fully assessed; yet from Evidence of Crime 731 alone, the author's concern for historical truth and his effort to make history known are already visible. This profile makes no speculation about his life, and further public information is needed.