Mass graves overflowing with bodies. Bodies which have been mutilated and burned lay on the ground. Carelessly thrown everywhere as if they are not even human. This was the sight in war torn Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge controlled Cambodia and terrorized the people. They killed people who were educated‚ from a certain ethnic group‚ from a certain region‚ opposed the Khmer Rouge or just wore glasses. People were taken to facilities used for killing and torture and were never seen again. People were forced
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increase of death rates. The two dictators we chose were Pol Pot‚ dictator of Cambodia and Idi Amin Dada the president of Uganda. Both were different ‚but much alike in certain ways. Pol Pot (Saloth Sar) Pol pot (aka Saloth Sar) was a Cambodian revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 to 1997. From 1963 to 1981‚ he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. As such‚ he became the leader of Cambodia on April 17‚ 1975‚ when his forces Phnom Penh. From 1976 to 1979‚ he
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Cambodians. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge caused the deaths of many Cambodians through labor and death camps during the 1970’s. Origin The Khmer Rouge was a Communist party led by Pol Pot in Cambodia. They took control of the country from 1975 to 1979‚ and outlawed money‚ religion‚ and family (Molloy). Citizens of Cambodia were not allowed to own money or buy anything‚ practice their own religion freely‚ and they were denied access to be with family. The Khmer Rouge evacuated cities and sent the inhabitants
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(2004) The USA and Indochina • political and social issues in Indochina by 1960 • nature and development of US policy towards Indochina • impact of direct US military involvement in Vietnam and the consequences for Vietnam and Cambodia To what extent was US involvement responsible for the ongoing conflict in Indochina in the period 1954-1979? (2008) Evaluate the view that an inability to separate nationalism from communism dominated US policy towards Indochina in the period
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Khmer Rouge out of Cambodia. As part of a peace agreement‚ the Khmer Rouge was granted control over a zone on the border of Thailand known as Pailin. In the early 70’s‚ there were many civil wars going on. One happening right in Cambodia while another was going on between the Communist North Vietnamese and the U.S. backed South Vietnamese. The Vietnam War soon spread onto Cambodian soil with the country harboring U.S. troops‚ airbases‚ barracks‚ and weapons caches. Cambodia maintained a neutral
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION My dissertation is devoted to the overall study of impact cultural heritage tourism in Seam Reap‚ Cambodia. It is because Cambodia is rich of the cultural and historical heritage sites‚ when Angkor Wat was listed in World heritage site by UNESCO the tourism industry grows rapidly in the Seam Reap especially the region with historical sites such as temples. The conservation and preservation effort by the relevant sectors also included in the study as it is vital for the future
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Topic: Summarize chapter 5: Cambodia After Angkor Post-Angkor period was known as the less documents‚ inscriptions in Khmer historical time during the entering Chou Ta-Kuan who visited Angkor. Moreover‚ it was the period which the king Chan had restoration of some of the temple. During that time also provided the documentary about permanent shifts in Cambodia`s economy‚ foreign relation‚ language that verify the structure‚ values‚ the performance of Cambodia`s society. I. The Shift from Angkor
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In 1975‚ The Khmer Rouge became the ruling political party of Cambodia after overthrowing the Lon Nol government. Following their leader Pol Pot‚ the Khmer Rouge imposed an extreme form of social engineering on Cambodian society. They wanted to form an anti-modern‚ anti-Western ideal of a restructured “classless agrarian society’’‚ a radical form of agrarian communism where the whole population had to work in collective farms or forced labor projects. The Khmer Rouge revolutionary army enforced
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BALAOING‚ Patrize Aerielle A. BSTM 2-1D Lee Kuan Yew‚ GCMG‚ CH (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew‚ 16 September 1923)‚ is a Singaporean politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Singapore‚ governing for three decades. He is also widely recognised as the founding father of modern Singapore. Hồ Chí Minh (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969)‚ born Nguyễn Sinh Côn‚ or Nguyễn Sinh Cung‚ also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc‚ was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955)
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Does Obedience make a Monster? For many years‚ a popular question that people ask to those who follow a leader “How far would you go for them?”. This question has been answered many times by not only the people in these situations‚ like those in Democratic Kampuchea (Pina et al.‚ 2010‚ p. 291)‚ but also scientists like Stanley Milgram (Milgram‚ 1965‚ p. 59). These assurances are important to study to be able to understand the psychological effects that these types of relationships have. The first
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