The Decolonization Of West Africa And Southeast Asia

controls economic and political decisions which is based on a five year plan. On the other hand, democracy is where the People elect the president and are protected under the rule of law. From 1947 to 1991, the cold war took in effect and led to decolonization, political and

Decolonization and the Influence of the Cold War The decades following World War II were all centered on the concept of decolonization, the dismantlement of Imperial empires established prior to World War I throughout Africa and Asia. Due to the aftermath of World War II, countries around the world experienced massive independent movements whose objective was to eliminate colonization and form new independent nations. The process of decolonization was separated by three different approaches: civil

exported coal, railroad equipment, textiles, and machinery to Asia, Africa and the Americas. Historically the expansion had in fact begun in the 15th century, although the process sped up in the 19th century. Also Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798 is another precedent. At first, the Europeans started colonizing Latin America. All the Native Americans were put under the rule of Europe. Then the Europeans aimed at the seaports of Asia and Africa, so these continents were the first to be colonized. Some

The Treaty of Sussex includes points which support colonialism and states that the German colonies in Southeast Asia go to Japan and the remaining German colonies are spread between France and Great Britain. The treaty should be encouraging decolonization movements instead of colonialism, even if this demands France and Great Britain to give up on their own colonies. In 1914, the whole Africa except Liberia and Ethiopia, was ruled by Europeans. Great Britain and France were in charge of the two

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lasted until the Khmer Rouge got overthrown by the Vietnamese in 1978. The genocide itself self-destructed from a harsh climate of political and social turmoil. The atmosphere of the general unrest in Cambodia arose during the French decolonization of Southeast Asia in the early 1950s and continued to devastate the region until the late 1980s. Under Prince Sihanouk, Cambodia had remained neutral during the war by giving support to both sides. The Viet Cang was allowed to use the ports and the U.S