ANTH 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: United Nations Transitional Authority In Cambodia, Pol Pot, Unexploded Ordnance
Document Summary
Japanese took control of cambodia and most of mainland se asia by 1942-45. Franco-vietnamese war (1946-49: conflict across vietnam and into parts of laos and cambodia, french ceded following division of country into north and south vietnam. Cambodia gains independence from france in 1953: becomes the kingdom of cambodia. Efeo leaves in 1953: redeployed in 1956. Vietnamese-american war (1955-75: conflict across vietnam, laos, and cambodia, fear of communist china taking over that part of se asia, thousands of unexploded ordinance (uxo) litter the ground in vietnam, laos and. Pol pot forces abandonment of cities to create agrarian state in cambodia: combined several different ideas in order to essentially create slaves. Everyone not in the government, worked for the (cid:862)good of the people(cid:863) Results i(cid:374) 1. 5 (cid:373)illio(cid:374) deaths i(cid:374) the (cid:862)killi(cid:374)g fields(cid:863: the khmer rouge executed many groups as a (cid:862)cleanse(cid:863). The government wanted to return to an agrarian state.
