Essay: Machiavelli compared to Romeo Dallaire The Rwandan genocide of 1994 was the largest mass slaughter of human beings since the Holocaust. Canadian Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire‚ commander of the UN Assistance Mission in Rwanda‚ tasked with overseeing the Arusha Accords and the transition of government. Dallaire soon realized something much more critical was being set in motion. A doomed mission in hindsight after watching the documentary‚ Shake Hands with The Devil. Stationed without a
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Somalia: Frame of Reference for the United States and the UN Peackeeping Mission The victims of the 1992 Somalia war are publicized across the world. Americans are shocked by the images of malnutrition; video of underfed children in Somalia with swollen bellies and skeletal men and women hawking over bits of grain and brown water. By 1993 year‚ nearly 300‚000 Somalis die of starvation due to clan infighting following the ouster of Mogadishu dictator Siad Barre (CITED THIS). This widespread famine
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In 1945‚ Indonesia proclaimed its Independence from the Dutch. A strong nationalist named Sukarno lead the movement‚ soon followed by Suharto. Having to be ruled by the Dutch for many years‚ Indonesia had to build everything from the start. They suffered in unification due to their diversity‚ and faced economic and government instabilities as a new nation. During this period of unstable economy‚ Indonesia have violated many human rights. However‚ their strong belief of Independence helped them become
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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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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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Country: Syria 1. Previous History of Systemic Acts of Violence The Syrian breakdown began in 2011 when Syrian President Bashar el-Assad began a brutal crackdown because of the peaceful protestors of the country. The attacks escalated when a civil war broke out between the Assad Regime with allied militias and opposition groups against the protesters because a group of kids under the age of 15 sprayed a wall with graffiti‚ demeaning the Assad Regime‚ which was considered a crime against the
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and wicked. The Rwandan Revolution slaughtered millions of people through many‚ many massacres. The Revolution was horrid and involved millions of death because of revenge and hatred. The selfishness of the government induced and encouraged the genocides too‚ cheering at the blood spilled and mutilated bodies. Rwanda is the most densely populated nation Africa with nearly 10 million people. Africa’s capital‚ Kigali‚ only has 1 5million residents. Rwandans also mostly speak the language Kinyarwanda
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Act of Genocide? According to Kavin Lehnardt”during the holocaust ‚6 million Jews were murdered”. Jews were an inferior race.Adolf Hitler tried to kill all the Jews(history.com). Adolf Hitler and the Nazis created concentration camps to put the Jews in . Others may believe that the holocaust was not an act of genocide. One reason the holocaust should be considered an act of genocide is based on the United Nations definition. The “Convention on the Prevention and Punishment” of genocide treaty
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