1) Nationalism‚ socialism‚ and religion have all played a major role in anti-colonial struggles and post-colonial constructions in India and Southeast Asia. Which of these three ideologies do you think was most effective for colonized peoples and why? I. Nationalism was most effective for the colonized peoples of India and South East Asia a. Both socialism and Nationalism worked together to fight against imperial rule. Nationalism brought the people of India and Southeast Asia together
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Los Angeles there are over one hundred languages spoken. Long Beach is where the Khmer Bodhikaram is‚ which is a Cambodian Buddhist temple and monastery‚ Long Beach is the largest Cambodian community in America. There were around one hundred and fifty thousand Cambodian refugees that arrived in the United States in the early eighties. This large migration was due in part to them experiencing terror from Khemer Rouge first hand. When the immigrants arrived here they were so terrorized that this led
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themselves and after having seen what the Khmer Rouge was capable of‚ they decided not to challenge the status quo (Enemies of the People). Not having a reliable and honest news source‚ people readily took all they were told to heart and took Cambodia down the dark path of genocide. As people were fed this narrative‚ others lived with the consequences of the leader’s actions. One of those people was Loung Ung‚ who lost her family as a result of the Khmer Rouge’s tough and unforgiving regime. She
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governance. It encompasses the entrenching of respect for human rights and political pluralism‚ and the elimination of economic injustice” (Cheru 2002‚ 196). Cambodia was at war in one form or another with itself for more than thirty years since the Khmer Rouge commenced their armed struggle in 1968 until 1999‚ when the last of the movement yielded to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC). During that time‚ Cambodia experienced several abrupt regime changes. Major instability within the larger region
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At first glance District 9‚ directed by Neill Blomkamp‚ is just a science fiction film with the expected aliens‚ action‚ and special effects. Plunge into it with a little bit more scrutiny and you will find out that it is filled with semi-hidden metaphors and allegories that lead you straight to apartheid‚ which took place in South Africa where this movie ironically takes place. In fact‚ many incidents and details in this film are reminiscent of not only the apartheid but also of the Holocaust‚ and
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policy cabinet often seemed weak during this patient process‚ and as such‚ other nations took advantages of this weakness. The Soviet Union made strong gains for its Marxist rebels in Ethiopia‚ Angola‚ and Mozambique. Vietnam took over Cambodia from Khmer Rouge‚ and in late 1979‚ the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Secretary of State Cyrus Roberts Vance recommended that President Carter assert a policy of negotiation‚ but by 1980‚ nearing the end of his term‚ he favored National Security Adviser Zbigniew
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Assess the impact of the conflict in Indochina for the citizens of Vietnam and Cambodia The conflict in Indochina had both short term and long term social‚ cultural‚ environmental‚ economic and human impacts on the citizens of both Vietnam and Cambodia. Civilians in both countries were affected by political oppression due to American intervention which had‚ and continues to have‚ a detrimental effect of all aspects of society in Vietnam and Cambodia. The conflict in Indochina had a detrimental
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In Never Fall Down‚ Arn describes how his life was different before the Khmer Rouge came to power. “My little brother and me‚ we stand in front of the movie palace and sing for them. We do the twist also (McCormick 4)." Even though the reader isn’t personally there to see what Arn is doing; the reader connects with Arn’s experience
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Ford and His Presidential Flop Ford did not last long in office‚ having only been there for around two years after Nixon had resigned. He was known as one of the most useless presidents in the White House and had gotten to office without ever campaigning for either of the two top executive offices. The man wasn’t given much time to implement any solid bills in that short period of time‚ but he did do a few semi-notable actions that put him in history as more than the president who did nothing.
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the role that the United States played during the 1950’s‚ 60’s and early 70’s in Indochina and more specifically Cambodia. History The area that is present-day Cambodia came under Khmer rule about 600‚ when the region was at the center of a vast empire that stretched over most of Southeast Asia. Under the Khmers‚ who were Hindus‚ a magnificent temple complex was constructed at Angkor. Buddhism was introduced in the 12th century during the rule of Jayavaram VII. However‚ the kingdom‚ then known
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