Norodom Sihanouk

and the Communist agrarian ideology of Pol Pot, who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge, deterred the party from gaining support from urban dwellers. The turning point came in 1970. A military coup led by Lon Nol overthrew Prince Sihanouk and China encouraged Prince Sihanouk

The Cambodian Civil War took place from 1970-1975, however, the violence in the country was to only get worse. Immediately following the war, the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia from 1975-1979. Khmer Rouge was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge committed crimes against humanity and killed over one million people. Pol Pot and the members of the Khmer Rouge who are responsible for over a million deaths in the Cambodian Killing Fields

From the dawn of time up to current day, genocides have been happening throughout history. Some earlier genocides have not even been recorded or documented. Most genocides also share similar reasons for occurring. Genocides happen because one group wants complete control and absolute power over another. For instance, people can be killed for having different ideas or not being similar to to the opposing group. It is clear that genocides only end with senseless and brutal discrimination which results

Think about the soldiers that serve your country. They all go through tough challenges. Whether it’s an easy to go through challenge, or a challenge that is almost impossible to go through. Now, think of those grown up soldiers as children. By children, meaning younger than 18. In the past, there were groups of bad soldiers that recruited young children that are eighteen and younger. These children, who just wanted to live at least a semi normal life, were now killing to keep their own lives. They

Pol pot's had been taken over and many Cambodians suffered so much from the genocide during the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970. One out of Three of the population in Cambodia died during that time. It has been established that the Khmer Rouge targeted particular groups of people, among them were educated elites. The elites consisted of masters, Ph.D., professors, students, and international student. In addition, people who have survived from the Khmer Rouge (pol pot) lied about their education. If

In the book Shadow of the Banyan, it follows the main characters of the story through the revolution in cambodia that takes place after the Vietnam war. During the revolution, soldiers force Cambodian people from their homes and out of their towns and tells them to leave because Americans are going to bomb. In the book this happens to the main character Rammi and her family. As you read Shadow of the bayan the characters grow and adapt to what their lives have become. Rammi is seven in the beginning

The Khmer Rouge rose through their ability to convey their ideology in a way that struck many citizens. A communist party, they were able to form alliances with other factions such as the Viet Cong and the Pathet Lao during the Vietnam War. As such, they garnered a large following and initiated the steps to overthrow the government in Cambodia. The tide essentially turned when the United States bombed the Khmer Rouge militants, attempting to aid Lon Nol’s forces, and killed many civilians. That led

The Khmer Rouge were followers of a communist party of Kampuchea, which took control of Cambodia on April 17, 1975. The party’s existence was kept a secret until 1977, anyone outside of CPK knew the leaders as Angkar Padevat. A genocide was born, where they tortured and killed thousands of innocents under the order of dictator Pol Pot. They set policies and rules to reach their main goal, which was to build a new Cambodia focused on agricultural success. When the Khmer Rouge took power people were

Pol Pot’s Attempt at a Utopia Imagine being forced out of your hometown, where you had been born, raised, and had your entire life planned with the intent of staying there. When the Khmer Rouge Party enforced policies that would eventually kill one and a half million to three million people, mostly from starvation and malnutrition, which is the one of the worse ways to die because it is a slow lingering process. They were trying to make the society more rural, which is known as an agrarian utopia

How did Pol pot's regime affect life in cambodia in the past and the present? Pol Pot's goal was to make Cambodia start at year zero. As soon as he came to power, He tried to eliminate anything that would ruin his idea for the utopia he wanted. The Khmer Rouge believed that to make the country perfect country, they must remove everything from the old way, including the old education way. In the past, Students were taught in Buddhist monasteries called Wats.(Bookbridge) After he took over, his first