Cambodian Genocide Research Paper

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During the Cambodian Genocide, Cambodian people were executed by Khmer Rouge and his troops. It is necessary to educate others about this horrible time in order to educate others on the situation so that humanity as a whole can prevent something like this from ever happening again.
This problem came about shortly after WWI because the Soviet Union was upset with Cambodia for what they did in WWI. The Genocide took place in Cambodia after the Vietnamese took over Cambodia. it was widely spread across all of Cambodia ( Friedman 32). The main people that were targeted by Khmer Rouge and his troops were children, handicapped, and the sick. The reason that the Vietnamese targeted these types of people is because they saw that they would be …show more content…

While they did do this they never physically went and tried to stop the vietnamese. The main reason they did not try to stop the vietnamese is because they had just lost a war to them. The Americans had thought that if they had gotten involved it would be a bad financial decision (Simpson 46+).
It wasn't up until 1979 that peace had came to Cambodia, this Genocide lasted for four years till it was over (Simpson 46+). The majority of the viemenase that were involved in this were either killed or put in jail. The people that were responsible that were not killed were sentenced to life in jail. As a result of this horrible Genocide many people were informed about this to try to stop it from happening again (Finlay …show more content…

"Cambodia is a country coming to terms with its past." Student BMJ, 2001,
p.243. Student Resources In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A77034565/SUIC?u=j108911&sid=SUIC&xid=70a44455. Accessed 27 Apr. 2018. Friedman, Mark. Genocide. Chicago, Heinemann Library, 2012. pp. 32.
Simpson, Kirk. "Why Did They Kill? Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide." Anthropology in Action, vol. 15, no. 1, 2008, p. 46+. Student Resources In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A396528165/SUIC?u=j108911&sid=SUIC&xid=0ac8bfa8. Accessed 27 Apr. 2018.
Stanton, Gregory H. “10 Stages of Genocide.” Genocide Watch, Gregory H. Stanton, 2016, genocidewatch.net/genocide-2/8-stages-of-genocide/.
“The Cambodian Genocide.” United to End Genocide, 2016,

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