Norodom Sihanouk

countries of Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. After being a French protectorate for nearly a century, on 9 November 1953, Cambodia regained its full independence. The population was over seven million and the country was ruled by a monarch with Prince Sihanouk as Head of State. However, this happiness was short-lived since they were dragged into the midst of the

a country located in Southeast of Asia. It’s size is smaller than California's size. Cambodia gained its independence from France in 1953 after being under colonialist rule for 100 years. Cambodia elected Prime Minister Norodom Sihanouk as the Vietnam war moved forward. Sihanouk adopted

Time and time again, power corrupts those who receive it, whether or not their intentions were benevolent in the first place. From 1975 to 1979, an attempt by Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge, to form an egalitarian Communist farming society led to the death of 25% of the country’s population. The Khmer Rouge’s brutal social engineering targeted intellectuals, urban dwellers, civil servants, and religious leaders, among other existing groups occupying a high position in society. By the time the

Numerous genocides have occurred throughout the twentieth century, beginning with the Turkish genocide against the Armenians. One genocide in particular, the Cambodian genocide, is considered by many to be one of the most ruthless genocides of the twentieth century. The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), better known as the Khmer Rouge, was led by a communist dictator known to the world as Pol Pot. His regime abused the Cambodian people at an unimaginable scale. His attempts to transform Cambodia

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

Introduction Prior to the 1960s Cambodia was considered a peaceful, neutral and to an extent prosperous country, however, nowadays it is known as one of the most tragic empires of all time. Geographically squeezed between Thailand and Vietnam, Cambodia suffered a great blow with the wakening of the Vietnam War. Essentially, the fighting in neighboring Vietnam spread to Cambodia when the Americans started suspecting that various Vietnamese Communists were hiding in bases along different areas of

Genocide in Cambodia Who was Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge? On May 19th, 1925 in Kompong Thom Province, Cambodia, a man by the name of Saloth Sar was born. Saloth Sar was one of nine children born into a prosperous family who owned 50 acres of rice paddies. Sar was educated at a monastery in Phnom Penh and later went on to attend a French Catholic School ("Pol Pot Biography"). Sar studies carpentry and received a government scholarship that allowed him study radio technology in Paris, France in 1949

like sheep, eventually leading them to their death. French colonists did not allow Cambodians to participate in the government, so they did not know what to do when independence finally arrived at their front door in 1945. Under the rule of Prince Sihanouk, the government that had declared independance from France, Cambodia had remained neutral during the Vietnam War. They allowed the Viet Cong to use a Cambodian port to ship munitions, and the U.S. was allowed to bomb suspected Communist holdouts

Gabriell Needham, Making of the Modern World I found the film, “The Killing Fields”, very moving. There were countless scenes where my heart melted and I felt as if I could feel the pain of the innocent Cambodians in a minute sense. There is absolutely no way I could ever imagine what it was like to live though such a brutal and emotional part of history. The actors who portrayed individuals in the film seemed to be very connected and the relationship between Pran and Sydney was brilliantly

39 years ago, Cambodia was misfortunate with creating one the saddest tragedies of the 20th century. It started off with the fall of the Khmer Republic, when the communist Khmer Rouges took over the country that led to the slaughtering of over 2 million people. After four dark years, what’s left was a civil war torn country that was left unstable throughout the 90’s with a corrupted Prime Minister name Hun Sen. Sen, a former Khmer Rouge led Cambodia as Prime Minister; Second to the King. On July