History of Cambodia

several discriminatory and violent policies included forced evacuation from major cities and towns, torture, the use of forced labor and mass execution, which were unfortunately targeted towards the ethnic, religious and socio-economic minorities of Cambodia. These destructive policies eventually killed a total of nearly 3 million Cambodian citizens and left the former country in ruins. To commemorate the passing of 3 million people under this terrible circumstance, the Cambodian government has decided

The Theory of Democratic Peace has been a topic of much debate over the years. Why is this? There are many opinions on this theory and many questions are raised when speaking about it. The argument that I pose is, is there such a thing as democratic peace? In order to address my argument and in order to critically analyse Democratic Peace Theory, this piece of academic writing will look at a variety of causes that some theorists’ state are behind the Democratic Peace Theory and will look at the different

The Vietnam War was an expensive and fatal conflict between the North and South Vietnam regions. The communist government from the north and their southern allies, the Viet Cong, were heavily against South Vietnam and their benevolent allies, the United States. The main purpose of the Vietnam War was to reassemble the country of Vietnam under the rule of communism. From the perspective of the Viet Cong, the conflict against the South and United States seemed as a colonial strife. During this time

On 6 April 1994, the worlds attention was shifted to the small, nation of Rwanda in africa. In the time following of the assassination of President Habyarimana, the ethnic Hutu majority began a deliberate the hutu extremist were known as R.P.F., carefully planned to eradicate the Tutsi population in any means necessary. When Rwanda gained independence, the Hutu majority took over of the political bodies and held a grudge against the tutsi minority. The Tutsi were for the most part had more money

are reported to have been attacked by the chikungunya virus is Zimbabwe, Congo, Burundi, Angola, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Senegal, Central Africa, and Botswana. After Africa, chikungunya virus was reported in Bangkok (1958), Cambodia, Vietnam, India and Sri Lanka (1964), the Philippines and Indonesia (1973). Chikungunya has also been reported in three American Peace Corps Volunteers (US Peace Corp Volunteers) who served in the Philippines, 1968. It is not known exactly how the

the Vietnam War and throughout the movie there is clips of savagery and barbaric actions shown by the the Vietnam and American soldiers and even the Vietnam civilians. When Willard arrives at Kurtz’s outpost, he is introduced to the civilization in Cambodia that Kurtz has become a god too. Kurtz rejects the undefined ‘Rule of War’ that

The Vietnam War Millions suffered. Nearly sixty thousand died. Hundreds of thousands protested. The Vietnam War, an event considered to be one of the most important in U.S. history, became one of the most controversial as well. It was the longest battle fought in American history, lasting from Nov 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975. The Vietnam War tainted America’s prideful self-image, becoming the first time the United States had ever failed in accomplishing its objective in war – preserve an independent

Indirectly, the numbers could extend to include Cambodia and Vietnam, but we examine only the directly involved parties, most notably, the participating Department of Defense units and the Merchant Marines. Date of Incident: 12 Incident Summary: The Mayaguez Incident was a Presidential mission to recapture the U.S. Merchant Ship S.S. Mayaguez in international waters. The ship and its 39 crew were seized on May 12, 1975, off the coast of Cambodia by Khmer Rouge forces who approached the ship

Thailand’s Fishing Industry On December 10th, 1948 in Paris, France the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created as a global standard for human rights. Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights States that every human being has the right to desirable work and join trade unions. Currently in Thailand, migrants from surrounding countries have been forced into fishing to produce the

Abstract The following paper will discuss Vietnamese Americans and their journey to America. I will talk about how these incredible and resilient people fought to succeed it a world that seemed to hold the odds against them. The culture, beliefs, and challenges of Vietnamese people are a precise paradigm of their strength and perseverance. Unfortunately, Vietnamese Americans make up only a small percent of the total American Population today. There are many stereotypes associated with the