Global Reaction: Throughout the duration of the genocide‚ the Western Governments looked upon the purge and mass killings as a victory over Communism. Occurring at the height of the Cold War between Communist nations and 1st world countries‚ the presence of the Indonesian massacres in the media was heavily monitored‚ and most Journalists were unable to enter Indonesian territories. Instead‚ they were forced to rely upon the official statements made by the Western Governments. In fact‚ the British
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“Hitler’s concept of concentration camps as well as the practicality of genocide owed much‚ so he claimed‚ to his studies of English and United States history. He admired the camps for Boer prisoners in South Africa and for the Indians in the wild west; and often praised to his inner circle the efficiency of America’s extermination – by starvation and uneven combat – of the red savages who could not be tamed by captivity.” (Toland). Because of the US policies that were put in place the American Indians
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Preventing Genocide By: All through history‚ people have killed other people. Usually‚ this is just because of hatred of that one person. Unfortunately‚ sometimes people can have a deep-rooted hatred of an entire group of people. This hatred of people leads to genocide. Everybody knows about genocide‚ few know how to define it‚ and even fewer know what to do about it. Everyone also knows about at least one genocide: the Holocaust. However two other not-so-widely-known genocides were the Armenian
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In the Cambodian genocide‚ 1975 to 1979 one third of the population died. Two articles about genocide survivors are “killing fields’ survivor documents Cambodian genocide” by Jennifer Hyde and “Why the arts are as important as hospitals in Cambodia” by Emily Wight. Individuals and societies who suffer a trauma such as genocide can heal through using art or bring guilty people to trial. Some people heal through art‚ like music. If Pond was a slow learner‚ he would have been killed by Khmer
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Analysis of the Armenian Genocide The Ottoman Empire had been in a steady decline for years and a new government and identified a problem‚ the Armenians‚ to blame. In an attempt to solve their problem‚ the Ottoman Turks attempted to exterminate the entire Armenian population‚ known as genocide‚ as the solution. However‚ the Turks deny the existence of a genocide and claim it was a civil war between the Armenians and themselves. Despite claiming the Armenian Genocide was a civil war‚ it is clear that the
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Philippines’ Untold Genocide During my elementary years when Philippine History was first introduced to us‚ it was only the Japanese and the Spaniards who were marked as the terrorists‚ sadists and brutal conquerors of our country. The Americans on the other hand were introduced to us as more of the saviors who helped our country from achieving freedom and democracy. Growing up‚ that was my belief or perhaps the beliefs of most Filipinos. But now‚ as I become more aware of the social
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The international community’s had a strong reaction and response to the Rwandan genocide in the film of “Hotel Rwanda”. During 1994‚ the world stood idly by as Rwanda was devastated by the most horrifying genocide since the Holocaust. A weekly flight‚ Belgian C-130 Hercules was carrying the UNAMIR (United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda) troops‚ as they were returning from leave and had been scheduled to land before the presidential jet‚ but was waved off to give the presidents priority. A
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1‚071‚000 people were killed in three months due to the genocide. This genocide is considered as the conflict between the two tribes in Rwanda---Hutus‚ carrying out the genocide‚ and Tutsis‚ having been massacred. Since it was really an amazing unfortunate event‚ many people in the world sympathized with that sad incidence. However‚ most people today think that we‚ as the citizen of the democratic society‚ are inconsequential to that genocide; it just happened because of the conflict of those two
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“The Armenian Genocide” In 1948‚ the United Nations adopted the Genocide Convention‚ and in doing so defined the term “genocide” as “acts committed with the intent to destroy‚ in whole‚ or in part‚ a national‚ ethical‚ racial‚ or religious group” (Totten and Parsons 4). Indeed by many scholars‚ this is thought to be the case as to what happened to the Armenian population within the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Rouben Paul Adalian‚ author of the critical essay “The Armenian Genocide” published within
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were being plotted at the time. What exactly is the definition of a Genocide?? According to the World Book Dictionary‚ genocide means: The systematic extermination or destruction of a political‚ racial‚ or cultural group1. When the word genocide is brought up‚ many people usually think of the Holocaust. Although the Holocaust was a massive tragedy‚ many don’t recall the Armenian Genocide. The Armenian Genocide was just as terrifying as the Holocaust‚ and we should commemorate this
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