- Syria is a control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for your specific war
- There is major conflict between Iraqi Sunnis and Shias - what is the difference between these two groups? What groups can you compare and contrast them too for your personal IA?
- The recent beheading of four individuals has been given global stature - what events or issues made your civil war receive global stature?
- The U.S. air strikes clearly have an impact on the hostages held by ISIS - what did you find to be impactful during your research for your specific civil war?
- Syria was the control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for the civil war that you are focused on within your research?
Thursday, September 25, 2014
The ISIS Crisis-
Today in class we viewed a 60 Minutes documentary on ISIS. This week's blog, I would like you to focus on the civil war you are researching for your Internal Assessment and compare and contrast the following points regarding ISIS:
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William Reis
ReplyDeleteMs.Noce
IB History
9/25/2014
1.Syria is a control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for your specific war
For my Civil war, which was the Spanish Civil War it was a battle between the Nationalists and the Republicans in which these groups were in command of certain parts of land in Spain back in mid 1940s. If you look at a map for the war, you will notice that the Nationalists control more area than the Republicans does. On the nationalists side their main focus was the west, they controlled areas like: Granada, Salamanca, Burgos, Pamplona and so on. Meanwhile, the Republicans focused on the East side, the controlled areas like: Valencia, Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Girona, Tarragona and Madrid (Madrid was actually an area very disputed between both sides, [because it was right at the border that divided the Republicans and Nationalists] and many conflicts happened specifically on that area)
2.There is major conflict between Iraqi Sunnis and Shias - what is the difference between these two groups? What groups can you compare and contrast them too for your personal IA?
Both groups, Iraqi Sunnis and Shias are from the country of Iraq, From what I know is that the group Shias seems more dominant than Iraqi Sunnis. One main thing that i can compare and contrast is mainly dominance in fighting. Shias seemed like to be dominating the Sunnis in their conflicts, Shia were almost taking over Baghdad, posting banners everywhere around the city and making the Shias economically downgrade on their part. Now when it comes to the Spanish Civil War, the dominance i would definitely say it came from the Nationalists side mainly because of the amount of foreign help they received from various different countries, the strategies that they used, tactics, and a lot more.
3.The recent beheading of four individuals has been given global stature - what events or issues made your civil war receive global stature?
On the Spanish Civil war, I wouldn't say there were specific events that made the war receive global stature because of foreign help. In total, there were 7 countries that helped both Nationalists and Republicans. Germany, Italy, Turkey and Portugal were on the Nationalists side. Soviet Union, Mexico and other foreign volunteers were helping the Republicans. All these countries were powerful countries that were had great recognition worldwide.
4.The U.S. air strikes clearly have an impact on the hostages held by ISIS - what did you find to be impactful during your research for your specific civil war?
Something that caught my attention that from my perspective was impactful during my research on the Spanish Civil War was a strategy used by the Nationalists to terrorize the Republicans. Nationalists were bombarding the city of Madrid (which was a part of the Republicans side) killing innocent people and soldiers opposing republicans. Bodies were left on the scene where the action happened to terrorize the population in Madrid, once again i found that impactful from my point of view.
5. Syria was the control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for the civil war that you are focused on within your research?
ReplyDeleteWithin my research it doesn’t really focus on any specific area, but Madrid. My main focus within my research is How did Germany helps the Nationalists achieve victory in the Spanish Civil War, meaning no locations are specifically mentioned as a war or control zone.
Erick Volquez
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Ms.Noce
ISIS Crisis
1. When looking in the 60 minutes documentary on ISIS, it really reminded me of the Spanish civil war which is amazing to watch since there were some similarities that struck out but also of course; the many differences. The Spanish civil war was based on General Franco taking over Spain as a dictator and taking over parts of Africa like Morocco and this was considered the control zone of the Spanish Civil war. The Spanish Republicans had more land control over the rebels which of course it’s something we could obviously say due to the fact that the dictator was from the republican side. There was a constant battle of territories inside of Spain but the reason why morocco was the control zone was because there were colonies over watched by the republicans and pushed down.
2. Sunni vs. Shia Muslims in Iraq has been a constant battle that came long ago after Prophet Muhammad’s death. The Shia believe that only a blood relative from Muhammad could succeed him and be a follower but the Sunni’s believed that anyone can be a follower of Muhammad. This became a modern struggle between these groups based on religion, politics and boundaries. The estimated amount of Sunni Muslims is said to be between 87-90% located in countries like Turkey, Egypt Saudi Arabia among others while the Shia is said to have an estimated 10-13% of the Muslim population being in countries like Iraq and Iran. In Iraq, Saddam Hussein was in the Sunni’s side but once he was taken out of power the Sunni’s lost power and was expulsed out by Iraq’s new ruler. The Sunni’s became part of Al-Qaeda and this is why the United States came in to stop this. The Sunnis that were against this joined forces with the United States to stop this. As it was settle down, ISIS AND ISIL regrouped and now faces a new threat trying to form an Islamic Union known as “The Islamic State”. The leader from Iraq is now making things harder for the Sunni’s which is why some Sunni’s approve of ISIS work in Iraq. This is similar to the republicans and the rebels of the Spanish Civil war. Although it wasn’t to the same degree of violence, it is similar because the rebels were expulsed from central Spain just because they didn’t agree with Franco’s doings, similar to Sunni’s being expulsed by the Shia in Iraq. Another similarity is the rebels from the Spanish civil war fought back these things no matter the cost and revolutionized for the better of Spain. I’m not saying that ISIS is for the better of the Islamic States but they are causing a revolution which is some type of revolution.
3. When it comes to global stature; I don’t find that the Spanish civil war got the same recognition as ISIS is getting recognized to some degree. Italy and Germany were HUGE allies of Spain and Franco that even Hitler’s ideal of Nazism was starting to infiltrate Spain. I believe that the Spanish Civil war didn’t “globally” get recognized because most of the countries that were recognizing the war were centrally from Europe but the only way that this war was recognized was because the world looked at it as one of the most outraged wars of the century but no intervention which to me intervention means getting recognized; acting upon it.
4. Just like The U.S Airstrike has an impact on the hostages held by ISIS, the Spanish civil war also has its major effects and meaningful impacting events during my research in the civil war. One thing that had a huge impact during my research was being able to find out how Hitler and Mussolini had a lot of impact on the way that Franco controlled his country. Nazism was extreme during the time period more a religion which would most likely give us an ideal that this was starting to become broader and broader. Hitler did establish some Nazism into Spain and Mussolini followed along with the ideals of equality and communism which really affected the role of Franco in the Spanish Civil war, simply fascinating.
ReplyDelete5. Just like Syria is the control zone of ISIS, the control zone from the Spanish civil war was Spain. Although most of Spain was still fighting to take out Franco from power, The central kingdom of his was in Madrid were he sent out his commands or had people to do it for him while he was out fighting. This is clear to us that he had tactics to use the capital to his advantage which led to pushing more and more outward gain republican territory.
Victor Harris
ReplyDeleteMs.Noce
History 12
9-26-14
Syria is a control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for your specific war?
For my specific war, mostly the eastern and western side of China was a control zone. Territory was very good to boost up either sides of the KMT or CPC. Surely I know it was MAJOR for war and conflicts to have more space.
There is major conflict between Iraqi Sunnis and Shias - what is the difference between these two groups? What groups can you compare and contrast them too for your personal IA? "Both Sunni and Shia Muslims share the most fundamental Islamic beliefs and articles of faith. The differences between these two main sub-groups within Islam initially stemmed not from spiritual differences, but political ones. Over the centuries, however, these political differences have spawned a number of varying practices and positions which have come to carry a spiritual significance." The two groups I can compare and contrast to is the KMT and CPC. Both are very political and was once whole, but split up kind of like the two Islamic groups. For the contrast side also had different views of politics reason why it turned to a civil war.
The recent beheading of four individuals has been given global stature - what events or issues made your civil war receive global stature?
-I want to say in 1927 when the KMT and CPC spilt up, which made it more of a revolutionary war because it became a rival; to see which side was better. For a long time it was always the KMT having the upperhand, because of past failures from leaders. But overtime with the power of Mao, the CPC started to get there side in control.
The U.S. air strikes clearly have an impact on the hostages held by ISIS - what did you find to be impactful during your research for your specific civil war?
-The U.S air strikes that the USA recently did on the ISIS in my opinion was good. But in my research with China, the CPC that was a group for the communist did a Long March. This Long March was impactful because thousands and millions joined in this march to stand for the rights. Even though this has nothing to do with killing how the USA even though it's for a good cost;but tried to lead it peacefully without killing.
Syria was the control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for the civil war that you are focused on within your research?
For control zone I would say again the Western and Eastern part of China. This was the most common and one the CPC;which the side I agree with tried to get.
Work Citied:http://islam.about.com/cs/divisions/f/shia_sunni.htm
Germairy Roman
ReplyDeleteMs. Noce
IB History 12
9/27/14
Syria is a control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for your specific war
I would say the control zone for the Chinese Civil War was China itself. When the Kuomingtang captured Beijing, nearly all of eastern China was being controlled by the Nanjing's central government.
There is major conflict between Iraqi Sunnis and Shias - what is the difference between these two groups? What groups can you compare and contrast them too for your personal IA?
The Sunnis and the Shias are the two main branches of Muslims. The between the Sunnis and the Shias occurred because they argued over who should lead the Muslim community after the death of the prophet Muhammad. Two groups from my personal IA that I can compare and contrast to the Iraqi Sunnis and Shias are the Kuomingtang and the Chinese Communist Party. What can be compared is the fact that the groups split up because of disagreements. The KMT and the CCP had disputes as well which led to the downfall of their relationship. A contrast is that the groups operate in different countries.
The recent beheading of four individuals has been given global stature - what events or issues made your civil war receive global stature?
An event that made my civil war receive global stature was the Shanghai Massacre. The event occurred on April 12, 1927. The cause of the event was because of a meeting held on April 7, 1927. KMT leaders, Chiang Kai-Shek included, wanted to get rid of the communists. They wanted to stop communist activities from going on in their territories. Fighting between the KMT and the CCP began on April 12 in Shanghai, China. This caused the KMT and the CCP to cut ties with each other.
The U.S. air strikes clearly have an impact on the hostages held by ISIS - what did you find to be impactful during your research for your specific civil war?
An event I found to be impactful was when the KMT captured Beijing. There were lots of things that happened during that time. The KMT and the CCP were fighting once again and most of the eastern part of China was being controlled by the Nanjing government.
Syria was the control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for the civil war that you are focused on within your research?
I would say the eastern part of China was the control zone for the civil war I'm researching. The eastern part of China was taken over by the Najing government making it a control zone.
Works Cited - http://totallyhistory.com/chinese-civil-war/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-16047709
Dinia Clairveaux
ReplyDeleteMs.Noce
IB History
9/28/14
Syria is a control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for your specific war
The control zone would be the eastern part of china
There is major conflict between Iraqi Sunnis and Shias - what is the difference between these two groups?
The difference between the two muslim groups is that they sure different beliefs when it comes to politics. The Shia believe that only Muhammad bloodline could pursue what he started, while on the other hand the Iraqi Sunnis believe that anybody can be Muhammads minion. Due to this difference in beliefs these two groups had found themselves in conflict with each other over who should be the ruler of the muslim communities.
What groups can you compare and contrast them too for your personal IA?
From my IA I would compare them from the KMT (Kuomintang) and the (CPC) Communist Party of China.
The recent beheading of four individuals has been given global stature - what events or issues made your civil war receive global stature?
An event would have to be the event when the communist took over mainland China, It was Communist Party of China, which was found in 1921 by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao it was very strong party that defeated the Kuomintang it enemy during the time,
The U.S. air strikes clearly have an impact on the hostages held by ISIS - what did you find to be impactful during your research for your specific civil war? The impact was on how the two enemy groups KMT (Kuomintang) and the (CPC) Communist Party of China. had put their differences aside and work to get to defeat the Japanese from invading China.
Syria was the control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for the civil war that you are focused on within your research?
The control zone would be the eastern part of china
The controlled zone for the second Sino-Japanese war was Mainland China, Burma.
Works Cited
"Sunnis and Shias: Islam's Ancient Schism." BBC News. Web. 26 Sept. 2014. .
Junior FanFan
ReplyDeleteMs.Noce
IB History
September 28, 2014
Syria is a control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for your specific war
The war I'm studying is the Algerian civil war and their control zone was the northeast, east, and the west of Algeria. The French had control in Tunisia, Libya, and Morocco. The French also had control zones in the heart of Algeria that's how they are able to watch the Algerian people.
There is major conflict between Iraqi Sunnis and Shias - what is the difference between these two groups? What groups can you compare and contrast them too for your personal IA?
The difference between Sunnis and Shias is that first both these countries are in Iraq. Iraqi Shias is more dominant then Iraqi Sunnis. The comparison between the Algerian civil war is that the French also had dominance over the Algerian citizens so that was one reason why the fought back. I can compare this group to the FLN and the FIS. The FLN was against he FIS and didn't want the people following the religion the FIS was forcing on them.
The recent beheading of four individuals has been given global stature - what events or issues made your civil war receive global stature?
During the Algerian war the French would use torture to get what they wanted from either the Algerian citizens or the French that were living amongst the people of Algeria. This caught everyone's attention because they were hurting large amounts of people for no real reason. Sometimes it would be for fun other times it would be a use of getting information. This is pretty close to the ISIS situation because they would also have raids or go on killing sprees.
The U.S. air strikes clearly have an impact on the hostages held by ISIS - what did you find to be impactful during your research for your specific civil war?
What I found impactful during the Algerian civil war was how the French Soldiers treated the Algerian citizens. For example sometimes the French Soldiers would rape or torture a citizen without them having any orders to do so. I found that awful because they were no threat to the army they just wanted some entertainment.
Syria was the control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for the civil war that you are focused on within your research?
My research shows me many control zones but the 2 most common ones that were used were Algeria and Tunisia. They were able to control the Algerian people better from Algeria and they had base at Tunisia.
William Portorreal
ReplyDeleteMs. Noce
IB History
1. My war is about the Spanish civil war and it was fought between the nationalists and republicans. The nationalists had controlled much of the north and west of Spain such as Burgos, Sevilla, Badajoz, Salamanca etc. while the republicans controlled the south east which consisted of Almeria, Alicante, Valencia, Albacete, and part of Madrid.
2. The Iraq Sunnis and Shias are both Muslim groups and they make most of the Muslim population. What differentiate the two groups are their beliefs and political views because the Sunnis believed that anyone could follow Muhammad and the Shias believed that only blood relative should be able to follow Muhammad. Also the Shias were more dominant than the Sunnis in terms of power and territories. This is similar to the Spanish civil war because what had separated the nationalists and republicans were their political views. The nationalists wanted to be independent while the republicans wanted to be allied with the Soviet Union because they believed in communism.
3. The Spanish civil war didn’t really receive global stature because they weren’t threatening anyone else in the world and only a few countries joined in to help a side. Germany and Italy were the biggest supporters for the nationalists of Spain and the communists helped received mainly from Russia and Mexico because they supported communism. There were also a few more countries which contributed a little but most of the world wasn’t involved in the Spanish civil war.
4. One event I found to be impactful was the naval blockade the nationalists create in the south east part of Spain. This was terrible for the republicans because they stopped getting aid from the Soviet Union and other countries since the Republicans only controlled the south east part of Spain. This gave the nationalists a HUDGE advantage and they basically achieved victory.
5. The control zone for the Spanish civil war was Spain because that’s where the war took place. The nationalists and communists just fought to take over all of Spain by acquiring cities one at a time.
Samantha Foster
ReplyDeleteIB History
Ms.Noce
9-27-14
The ISIS Crisis
1. Syria is a control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for your specific war
I would say that the control zone for my war, the Chinese Civil War, would be free or liberated zone because the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party fought for political dominance all throughout China so any zone they could get was beneficial to them.
2. There is major conflict between Iraqi Sunnis and Shias - what is the difference between these two groups? What groups can you compare and contrast them too for your personal IA?
Both the Sunnis and Shias are considered Muslims and share the same basic beliefs of the Islamic faith. What differentiates them from one another is the fact that they have different view in politics. In my IA assessment, The Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party are the two political parties battling each other in China. I would that one similarity between the Sunnis and Shai have in common with the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party is that they have different political views. Their different views in politics is what caused conflict between the two parties.
3. The recent beheading of four individuals has been given global stature - what events or issues made your civil war receive global stature?
An event that changed was very significant would be when Sun Yat-Sen, founder of the Kuomintang, overthrew the Qin Dynasty. It became a global stature because China had always been controlled by a bloodline of rulers. It was China’s first step into having a government that wasn’t a monarchy.
4. The U.S. air strikes clearly have an impact on the hostages held by ISIS - what did you find to be impactful during your research for your specific civil war?
Something I found to be an impactful event in the Chinese Civil war was when Chiang Kai-Shek turned against the Chinese Communist Party by assassinating their members and destroying their bases. Sun Yat-Sen, the previous leader of the Kuomintang, believed that the two parties could coexist peacefully and did not want to start conflict with the CCP but Chiang Kai-Shek thought otherwise.
5. Syria was the control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for the civil war that you are focused on within your research?
For the Kuomintang, the control zones were Chekiang, Kiangsu, and the city of Shanghai. In these zones, the Kuomintang would be able to enforce financial integration policies. This is part of the reason why The Kuomintang battled with the Chinese Communist Party.
Shaquan Richards
ReplyDeleteMs.Noce
Algerian War
IB History
Syria is a control zone for ISIS – what was the control zone for your specific war?
- Algeria had control zones in the northeast, east and west. But The French still had a huge amount of control in Algeria, which is why the Algerians wanted independence badly.
There is a major conflict between Iraqi Sunnis and Shias – What is the difference between these two groups? What groups can you compare and contrast them too for your personal IA?
- Both groups are in Iraq having these conflicts and similarity to my war is that the FIS and FLN had major conflicts as well in Algeria about independence issues and changing the government. But the difference between Sunnis and Shias is that one group had more power than the other same with the civil war I’m doing my IA on. Only difference between these groups and the Algerian civil war is that they are in different time periods and that it took place in a different location. But overall both were fighting for power.
The recent beheading of four individuals has been given global stature – What events or issues made your civil war receive global stature?
- One issue that was big was when the FIS had gotten attacked by the FLN a numerous amount of times for trying to make Algeria a democratic state, even when they were first being supported by everyone things turned out different and the FLN had a change of heart. The FIS didn’t was violence but they kept getting attacked to the point where they had no choice but to fight back. So that was a significant event which started the conflict between the two groups attracting attention to the conflict going on.
The U.S. air strikes clearly have an impact on the hostages held by ISIS – What did you find to be impactful during your research for your specific civil war?
- There were a few things. Like the French soldiers would do a lot of things to the innocent civilians of Algeria. Just like how U.S. kills innocent people in order to stop the ISIS by air strikes the French had did anything they pleased to the innocent people of Algeria, there’s a similarity right there between these two different conflicts.
Syria was the control zone for ISIS – What was the control zone for the civil war that you are focused on within your research?
- The FIS had attempted to make control zones all over Algeria to make it become a democratic state but did not have a lot of support. The government had opposed which was a big let down with support from military militants.
CARLOS CALLEJAS
ReplyDelete• Syria is a control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for your specific war
The control zone for the Spanish Civil War was perhaps the whole of western Spain, being controlled by the Nationalists and eventually advancing onto the Eastern side where the Republicans (AKA “Rojos” or “Reds”) were.
• There is major conflict between Iraqi Sunnis and Shias - what is the difference between these two groups? What groups can you compare and contrast them too for your personal IA?
Both groups are Muslim groups, but their “version” of Islam is different, which causes conflict between the two. One side, the Sunni is much stricter when it comes to practicing Islam and adheres strictly to Muhammad’s teachings and path. The Shi’a from Iran instead prefer to be a bit more Liberal when it comes to practicing Islam, allowing different interpretations of holy texts and Muhammad’s teachings.
• The recent beheading of four individuals has been given global stature - what events or issues made your civil war receive global stature?
The Spanish Civil War never truly gained much of a global stature in the mainstream world, however, it did in the Catholic world (the focus of my IA). In this war, members of the Catholic Church were targeted by Anarchists, Republicans and other extremists. Frances Lannon’s book Privilege, Persecution and Prophecy gives more exact numbers on the amount of dead Catholics,which were altogether over six thousand. She wrote: “ thirteen bishops, 4,184 diocesan priests, 2,365 male religious and 283 religious sisters were hunted down and killed”
• The U.S. air strikes clearly have an impact on the hostages held by ISIS - what did you find to be impactful during your research for your specific civil war?
One thing I found impactful was the amount of Catholic members murdered in the opening weeks of the War, and the fact that pretty much all of these people were defenseless! Another more impactful thing was the fact that few Catholic groups eventually rose in arms to fight (Such as the foreign Brigada Irlandesa, or Irish Brigade) despite the clear violation to the Catholic principle: “Only God can give life and only HE can take it”.
• Syria was the control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for the civil war that you are focused on within your research?
My IA has no true control zone, since it focuses on why the Catholics sided with Franco and not any actual fighting. But it could be said that the Control zone where the Catholics took refuge was Salamanca, Madrid and Barcelona (pretty much all of western Spain) where Franco’s presence gave Catholics a bit of a safe haven.
Mu Ying Yu
ReplyDeleteIB World History 12
Ms. Noce
9/28/2014
The ISIS Crisis
1.Syria is a control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for your specific war
-- The control zone for Chinese Civil War was the Eastern part of China.
2.There is major conflict between Iraqi Sunnis and Shias - what is the difference between these two groups? What groups can you compare and contrast them too for your personal IA?
-- The two main division of Muslims are Iraqi Sunnis and Shias, they had different beliefs in politics. These two groups are debated on who should the leader of the Muslims community. The Iraqi Sunnis believe anyone can be the Muhammad's minion but the Shias believes only the Muhammad genealogy can be the next leader. For my personal IA, the groups I am compare and contrast are the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party
3.The recent beheading of four individuals has been given global stature - what events or issues made your civil war receive global stature?
-- New form of government displace the Qin Dynasty. Back in Dynasty time, ruler pass down their throne to their genealogy son. This way other people can’t take over their throne. New form of government means new rulers and new rules to govern the country and the citizens.
4.The U.S. air strikes clearly have an impact on the hostages held by ISIS - what did you find to be impactful during your research for your specific civil war?
-- An event I found impactful during my research was the KMT and CCP are not cooperating together to help China’s economy but instead they had their own foreign trade with other countries and they even had conflicts between each other.
5.Syria was the control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for the civil war that you are focused on within your research?
-- I would say that the eastern part of China was the control zone during Chinese Civil War.
Work Cited:
--http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-16047709
1. Syria is a control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for your specific war
ReplyDeleteThe control zone for the Chinese Civil War would be anywhere the Kuomintang and Chinese Communists Party could get control over. Some of the zones that were controlled were “newly liberated zones” as well as whatever areas the Communist controlled.
2. There is major conflict between Iraqi Sunnis and Shias - what is the difference between these two groups? What groups can you compare and contrast them too for your personal IA?
The reason why there were two groups; the Sunnis and Shias is because both wanted to lead the Muslim community after the Prophet Muhammad died. Some of the differences between the Sunnis and the Shias is 85-90% of Muslims are Sunnis. Sunni Muslims refer to themselves as “the Orthodox and traditionalist branch of Islam.” The Shias believed that only relatives of the Prophet Muhammad could take over his spot. While, the Sunni believed that anyone who is capable to take over Prophet Muhammad should take that spot.
From analyzing that Chinese Civil War the two groups that I can compare to the Shia and Sunni is the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang Party. Both wanted to have complete control over China just like the Shia and Sunni.
3. The recent beheading of four individuals has been given global stature - what events or issues made your civil war receive global stature?
In my opinion, I think that the event that made the Chinese Civil War a global stature was the actual division of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party. This made it global because this is what one of the main causes of the Chinese Civil War was. If it wasn’t for the division, there wouldn’t be a Chinese Civil War.
4. The U.S. air strikes clearly have an impact on the hostages held by ISIS - what did you find to be impactful during your research for your specific civil war
Two things that were extremely impacted the Chinese Civil War was the leadership of Mao Zedong and the failures of KMT. Mao being a leader was very impactful because he used some of his strategies to lead his Communist Party into victory. The failures of KMT also led to the communist party into victory because since they made so many mistakes it was a disadvantage for them but an advantage for the Chinese Communist Party.
5. Syria was the control zone for ISIS - what was the control zone for the civil war that you are focused on within your research?
As I stated in question #1 the control zone for the Chinese Civil War would be anywhere the Kuomintang and Chinese Communists Party could get control over.
Work Cited
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-16047709
Notes taken from books from IA