The crushing of the 1989 social movement in Tiananmen
The crushing of the 1989 social movement in Tiananmen
“As you can appreciate, our Army is faced with a tremendous challenge here in Vietnam. Initially our soldiers were committed strictly in an advisory role, and as such the number required was relatively small. But now it has become necessary to commit more and more US troops to actual combat. It is necessary therefore that our training programs in the United States be oriented toward the type of fighting we are involved in today in this country” (Westmoreland).…
Throughout April 1989, large numbers of students gathered in Tian'anmen Square, in front of the Forbidden Palace in the centre of Beijing in China. They were demonstrating against political corruption and economic instability. As the crowds continued to grow, so did the displeasure of the government of the People's Republic of China. By the beginning of June, armed soldiers were sent in to suppress the protest. This they did, violently, leaving between 400 and 7000 people dead (because of the lack of freedom of the press in China at the time figures are very unreliable).…
On March 16, 1968 the massacre of My Lai took place when 75 troops marched into the village of My Lai and killed over 500 civilians. This unfortunate blemish on America is still being debated today, unsure of where to place the blame. Do they place it with Lt. William Calley for giving the command to his troops, or to Lt. Calley’s commanding officers who from which Calley was just acting out orders, or to the American people for there continued protest of the war.…
The My Lai Massacre occurred on March 16, 1968 IN the village called My Lai, which is located in South Vietnam. The Vietnam war was fought between The North and The South Vietnam about Communism. This was feared by many about the world, especially in America. Anti-communist countries backed out South Vietnam the best of their availability. The communist countries, however, supported North Vietnam at their best availability. America was fighting for eleven years, while the Vietnam was lasting much longer than that.…
In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army overtook China's capital, Nanking and slaughtered 300,000 Chinese civilians. The Japanese army raped and looted hundred of thousands of people using inhumane and barbaric methods. This event is referred to today as one of the worst atrocities during WWII in the Asian theatre. The actions led by the Japanese exemplified China's weak military as well as their insufficient government, allowing for other countries to take advantage of later opening China into spheres of influence. Due to the Nanking Massacre, China culturally became more ethnocentric, politically decimated any friendly relationships with the Japanese, and became economically isolated. The invasion of Nanking began when the Japanese Imperial Army marched into Shanghai; the Japanese expected the battle of Shanghai to be quick and effortless, even stating…
On March 16, 1968, members of Company C, also known as Charlie Company, of the 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division working under the command of Captain Medina and Lieutenant Calley entered the South Vietnamese village of My Lai and systematically murdered between 347 and 504 innocent non-combatant civilians. A series of investigations in the year following the incident led to the arrest of one officer who was released after only serving three and one half years under house arrest. How did it happen that a massacre of such a great scale ended with little to no repercussions for those involved? Who was really to blame for the massacre: the men on the ground or the higher ups? I believe…
Cambodian genocide and the holocaust were two of the most brutal genocide we come to think about today. Cambodian genocide occurred in Cambodia and everything began and happened after a war. It was and inner war going ahead inside Cambodia and the Vietnam was additionally having one and this is the thing that prompted genocide. When Cambodia was seen as a frail power they began to get demise dangers from all over and this made them essentially surrender. They needed to surrender on the grounds that it was an enormous measure of nations that would simply take part in war with them and take them over.…
to the ruling Communist government. I t led t o a swift response, with hundreds of students…
My Lai massacre was an example of real-world destructive behaviour which involved psychological processes such as obedience, which involved American soldiers in Vietnam. My Lai was a small village in Vietnam where American soldiers killed over 350 men, women, and children.…
Bibliography: American Experience. n.d.. WGBH American Experience . My Lai | PBS. [online] Available at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/mylai-biographies/ [Accessed: 25 Aug 2013].…
Starting in 1964, the war at Vietnam seemed necessary and useful, in the minds of the public. After years of combat, the American opinion slowly worsened, and by 1967, the war was highly questionable. The public support was completely lost after the information of the gruesome massacre at My Lai was leaked. During all of this, the American public was trying to figure out how the Americans who partook in this event became so evil. While secondary sources provide information about the United States soldiers, the details of the My Lai Massacre, and the trial of Lieutenant Calley, oral history grants the historian a wider perspective by showing the soldiers’ motives for revenge and the emotions of those involved.…
Although many say that the bombing that caused the Haymarket Riot did not help the cause of the protestors, I claim that the bombing helped the eight hour work day movement by striking fear into the employers, which allowed workers to lead a better life and revolutionized the American work day.…
The My Lai massacre was the mass murder of up to 500 innocent Vietnamese civilians on the 16th of March 1968 during the American-Vietnam war. This incident is one of the most infamous events of the War, and prompted global outrage when it became public knowledge in November 1969. The cover up and injustice following the event has gone down in history as one of the most infamous events of that War and prompted global outrage when it became public knowledge in November 1969. It was definitely a contributory factor to the growing domestic opposition to the war in the United States at that time.…
Fed up by the oppression that the Chinese government showed its citizens, a man decided he has going to stand up and show everyone else not to be afraid to stand up to the Chinese government. He did this without wanting anything out of it except to better other people. “In an act of nonviolent protest, the man, who to this day remains unidentified, calmly walked in front of the procession of tanks” (Storm). With what looked like a normal day while walking to work, the man, with suitcase in hand, walked across the road and stopped in the middle to block the row of tanks from moving forward to suppress protesters. Eventually he was pulled out of the way but not before making a statement.…
A large amount of students and workers in the upwards of hundreds of thousands defied the imposition of martial law and staged hunger strikes and massive pro-democracy protests in the heart of China’s capital, Beijing (“Chinese”, par. 1). This was commonly referred to as the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 or the June Fourth Incident, as it took place on June 4th. The Communist Party in China decreed that anyone posing as a political adversary would be treated as a foreign enemy, and used lethal force. A large portion of the protestors were massacred at the protests (“Chinese”, par.…