Annotated Bibliography

[Tyler Hodella]

[Dr.Bradshaw]

[English 10H]

[Date]

Annotated Bibliography

Kiernan, Ben. "The Cambodian Genocide, 1975–1979." Centuries of Genocide. Routledge, 2012. 331-368.

Ben Kiernan in his article illustrated the cruel genocide of the Cambodian. The author effectively demonstrated how the forces of the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia in 1975. The demonstration of cruelty by the forces of Khmer Rouge clear out the entire scenario of genocide. According to the author, these forces forcibly evacuated hospitals, cities, and closed schools and factories. These circumstances were highly critical for millions of people in the Southern Asian country. The author described that the basic purpose of that take over was to implement communism on the population. For a period of nearly four years, freedom of the press, associations, organizations, worship, movement, and discussion were disappeared. The author critically analyzed the cruel environment during that period by demonstrating the rise of the Khmer Rouge. The organization of genocide in Cambodia is critically presented in the article by the author. It is highly necessary to understand who the genocide started in the Cambodian. According to the author, Pol Pot abolished country’s currency and resettled thousands of city dwellers in rural farming communes. Cambodian were forced to take their meals in mess halls. The author illustrated that those people were compelled to work for long shifts. Due to their long working hours, beating, and starving, those people were killed. Hundreds of thousands of workers and people died from disease and starvation. The author also described that Pol Pot’s executed thousands of people by considering them enemies of the states. This kind of genocide was one of the biggest genocide in the 20th century.

Ungor, Ugur Umit. 2011. The Armenian Genocide, 1915. Niod.nl. N. p. Web. Retrieved from https://www.niod.nl/sites/niod.nl/files/Armenian%20genocide.pdf

The author is this article critically highlight one of the cruel incidents of the 20th century. According to the author, the Armenians were massively killed and executed by the Ottoman Empire. The author thoroughly demonstrated the entire history of the Armenian genocide. Ottoman Empire stretched across 3 continents in the early 20th century. The author explained that the Ottoman Empire was not ready to accept the superiority of Armenian in terms of economics. Out of 166 importers of Ottoman, only 13 were Turkish, while rest were Armenian. The author illustrated that in the category of exporters, 127 were Armenian, while only 23 of them were Turkish. That superiority of Armenian was the major reason behind their genocide. The author demonstrated that nearly two million Christians were living in the Ottoman Empire before the First World War. The Ottoman Empire was dreaming to rule the world due to which their government embarked upon the systematic decimation of the Armenian. The author critically examined in his article that Armenian soldiers that were serving in the Ottoman forces were compelled to disarm. They were put in hard labor as well. The author also explained the mass execution of Armenians in Diyarbekir. In 1915, the entire Armenian elite was handcuffed and loaded onto large rafts. They were robbed and stripped of all the valuables by Ottoman forces. According to the authors, the Armenian were murdered by Ottoman forces with the help of guns, daggers, and axes. It was one of the cruel incidents in the entire history of human beings. Soon after killing these Armenians, the soldiers dumped their dead bodies in the river. In this article, the author captured a detailed scenario in which these Armenians were killed. Only for the sake of getting economic superiority a population of nearly 2 million Armenian were executed in a horrible way.

Works Cited

Kiernan, Ben. "The Cambodian Genocide, 1975–1979." Centuries of Genocide. Routledge, 2012. 331-368.

Ungor, Ugur Umit. 2011. The Armenian Genocide, 1915. Niod.nl. N. p. Web. Retrieved from https://www.niod.nl/sites/niod.nl/files/Armenian%20genocide.pdf