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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movement and the Greater Serbia movement brought unrest in the Eastern Europe and intensified the conflicts between Russian-Serbia and Austria-Hungary too. Explain why they were rivals in the area. These two movements were to enlarge Serbia with Albania‚ Bosnia-Herzegovina‚ and Montenegro‚ and to unify all Slavs under the leadership of Russia. The Treaty of San Stefano and Congress of Berlin in 1878 made the situation worse as the Russian gains were limited by other powers‚ led by Germany and Austria-Hungary
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values. However‚ when not working whit these strongmen‚ peace building could bring along more struggles and could even be ineffective. The second challenge is the dilemma concerning the top-down versus the bottom-up approaches of peacebuidling. Look at Bosnia for example‚ when there was an argument between the powerful local actors and the international community‚ the latter will always take the final decision (Belloni‚ 2001). Belloni argued that it was ‘essentially a top-down discourse embellished by
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CONFLICT IN THE BALKANS On June 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was brutally murdered on an official trip to Sarajevo‚ in Bosnia by Princip‚ a member of the terrorist group The Black Hand. Under normal circumstances‚ this relatively minor incident would’ve passed without any major consequences‚ but due to the build up of alliances before 1914‚ and the rapidly growing tension in Europe‚ the assassination escalated eventally into a full scale war involving nearly the whole of Europe. Firstly‚
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Often dubbed as the Pinkville Massacre‚ the My Lai massacre is notoriously known as one of the most brutal incidents during the Vietnamese War‚ even being considered a genocide by some. It is considered to be “the most shocking episode of the Vietnamese War” (Espiritu 17). The massacre consisted of the killing of up to 500 unarmed men‚ women and children. While a part of Task Force Barker‚ Company Charlie had been ordered to destroy the remainders of a Vietcong Battalion‚ situated in the Son My village
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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
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For centuries Europe has had used alliances for political‚ military or economic agreement between two or more nations. As a continent full of ethnic‚ territorial and political disputes‚ these alliances served as a great tool for larger states to take control of smaller ones. The three main alliances during the early nineteenth century were the Triple Entente‚ the Triple Alliance‚ and the Balkans. The Triple Entente‚ an alliance consisting of Britain‚ France and Russia was for political and economic
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Nationalism in the Balkans helped contribute to the outbreak of WWI. Beginning in the late 19th century‚ the social unrest in the Balkan States became the focal point of many European powers. The Balkan peninsula was that of great importance due to its territorial and economic significance; however‚ the Balkan States consisted of many proud ethnic cultures who did not wish to be ruled by any authority other than themselves. The unification of other countries and strong patriotism fueled the desires
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World War‚ a multi-national war that cost millions of lives‚ began with the assassination of one man: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian empire. On June 28‚ 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ Sophie‚ were in Bosnia to inspect the empire’s military forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (History 1). The annexing of this land caused Serbian unrest (History 1). Ferdinand was scheduled to visit Sarajevo‚ so a few Serbian nationalists conspired and planned his assassination. While Ferdinand and
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Homeland I love the smell of my country in spring. So wonderful‚ fresh and colourfull. So many different fragrances‚ unique perfumes make this smell so adorable. That smell is created by the people who live here‚ in beautiful country of mine‚ Bosnia and Herzegovina. Three constitutional nations with their own characteristic perfume together make one of great value‚ and one can not exist without the others. Sitting in my favorite cafe‚ alone in my deepest thoughts. My tea’s already gone cold
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