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The Khmer Rouge: Genocide In Vietnam

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One of the utmost irrational mistakes of mankind is Genocides. Genocides are consistently repeated throughout all of history. Seventeen million people died in World War I.
In comparison, three million people have died during the Cambodia Genocide. In half the time that each major power took to stop fighting. The social integrity of Cambodia collapsed on its self, killings equaled 27% of the death of World War I. As a matter of fact, the Indochina War is what caused Cambodia 's damaging self infliction. Its neighboring country, Vietnam wanted independence, thus causing the first Indochina war. After the War in the 1950 a communist movement ignited in Cambodia. The communist, party of Kampuchea, also known as The Khmer Rouge. A nickname adopted by the permanence that red made up most of the country 's ethnicity, the color of communism. The party came to power from the country 's struggle against French colonization. The Khmer Rouge was strongly influenced from the Vietnamese, but was not an official party until 1968.

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