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    Since 1941 Cambodia has been under a constitutional monarchy which was led by Norodom Sihanouk after his maternal grandfather king Norodom had died. The French, who were managing Cambodia at the time, wrongly thought he would be easily controlled however Cambodia got opportunity from France in 1953. In 1955, Sihanouk surrendered and Cambodia picked his father master and him Prime Minister. His father then controlled until 1960 when he kicked the basin, giving the position of power back to Sihanouk

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    Noah Lossing Mr. Frecklton  Western civilization  March 31 2015 Rough Draft Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge was the name given to the people of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, in Cambodia. It was formed in 1968 and was also known as the "Vietnam People 's Army". It was the ruling party of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, It was lead by a ruler named pol pot who was ruthless and did not care what the people said. Some of Pol pots comrade 's icluded, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, and Khieu, These men worked

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    Geography 206.03 Introduction Cambodia holds an affluent and alluring history. Throughout this paper the writer will discuss different topics impacting Cambodia’s history, positive and negative impact of colonization, economic, political, cultural and social legacies, and to answer if western countries or colonizer are responsible to help solve some of the lasting problems of colonization. History The Stone Age introduced early humans in Cambodia to hunting and gathering food around 2

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    for expansion in Southeast Asia. Following the assignment to determine a new market in which to expand, I recommend that Wearable Gadgets Corporation expands in Southeast Asia. The company should initiate operations in Malaysia while considering Cambodia in future plans to transfer manufacturing. INTRODUCTION As Wearable Gadgets Corporation continues to grow it has become imperative to locate new markets in which to expand. Our future expansion should consider potential revenue and also new alternatives

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    Cambodi The Khmer Rouge

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    In April 1975, Cambodia history would be changed forever. This was the start of Cambodia genocide. Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge, became the ruler of Cambodia. He did not like the idea of them influenced by other countries. Khmer Rouge persecuted all the educated citizens. They persecuted doctors, lawyers, police, and former military. They even prosecuted Buddhists, Christians and Muslims. Khmer Rouge then put all the citizens in living arrangements according to their trust. The “old citizens”

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    historical novels associating with the Cambodian-Vietnamese Conflict. The Martin Luther King Jr. library was the only library I could think that held numerous, historical chronicles. Primarily, I strived to find a specific book called Why Vietnam Invaded Cambodia: Political Culture and the Causes of War by Stephen J. Morris. By quickly examining the book on the Internet, this book was perfect for my topic; the title of the book was even a giveaway. However, the library lost the novel; I looked everywhere

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    Pol Pot Research Paper

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    was a result of Pol Pot’s desire to form a communist peasant farming society. At the time of his youth, Cambodia was under French control. In 1949, Pot went to Paris on a scholarship to study radio electronics but became interested into Marxism. He dropped his schooling and came back to Cambodia to join the underground Communist movement. The following year, France had lost control in Cambodia and a royal monarchy was put into place. Pot became the leader of the Cambodian Communist Party but was

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    The Khmer Rouge, otherwise known as the communist party of Kampuchea, was a socialist movement and they had control over Cambodia from 1975-1979. However, only the members of the movement and their leader, Pol Pot knew about it until 1977. The group first emerged when their country was in a struggle for land against French colonists. Cambodia was already in the middle of a civil war that had been going on since the 1940's, when this happened. The leaders involved in the Khmer Rouge strongly believed

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    The Act Of Genocide

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    The act of genocide is an extremity that accompanies the ever modernizing world, a reality that is increasingly discovered as the twentieth century inched toward the twenty-first. Cambodia, a country located in southeast Asia, is unlucky enough to have fallen under the terror of their own personalized war on humanity. A purpose whose plans took root in the quest for an egalitarian system, and thus purposefully began attacking its own economy. All the while destroying any constructs the Pol Pot regime

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    that many genocides, just as tragic have and continue to occur. The Cambodian Genocide is an important event to understand and research because it is one of the lesser-known genocides and can be analyzed for future genocide prevention. Background Cambodia is a small country of Southeast Asia, less than half the size of the state of California (“World Without Genocide: Cambodian Genocide”). The Cambodian government in the mid 1970’s was unstable as Lon Nol, the Cambodian prime minister, and his forces

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