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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A peninsula of southeast Asia comprising Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), and the mainland territory of Malaysia. The area was influenced in early times by the cultures of India and China.
- The former French colonial empire in southeast Asia, including much of the eastern part of the Indochinese peninsula. French influence extended from roughly 1858 to the fall of Dien Bien Phu (1954).
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- proper noun The former
French colonial part of SoutheastAsia comprising thepeninsula containingVietnam ,Cambodia andLaos
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Examples
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Clinton has also invited Richard Holbrooke, who as State Department head of Afghanistan/Pakistan policy has learned nothing from history and is repeating precisely the same policies that caused the U.S. to lose in Indochina -- support of a corrupt and unpopular regime that cannot stand on its own.
Fred Branfman: Hillary Clinton's Promoting Kissinger: An Insult to History Fred Branfman 2010
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Future historians will marvel at how U.S. leaders failed to learn from their horrific crimes in Indochina, and are instead repeating so many of them today.
Fred Branfman: Hillary Clinton's Promoting Kissinger: An Insult to History Fred Branfman 2010
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It is because of Napoleon III that the French found themselves in Indochina, which would eventually lead America into the Vietnam War.
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Future historians will marvel at how U.S. leaders so thoroughly failed to learn from their horrific mistakes and crimes in Indochina, and have instead repeated so many of them today in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Fred Branfman: Hillary Clinton's Promoting Kissinger: An Insult to History Fred Branfman 2010
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Inviting Kissinger to keynote a conference on U.S. history in Indochina insults history, the memories of tens of thousands of Americans and countless Indochinese civilians who needlessly died as a result of his policies, the young people of America who desperately need to learn the truth about what occurred in Indochina so as not to repeat it, and all those who oppose indiscriminate mass murder of civilians.
Fred Branfman: Hillary Clinton's Promoting Kissinger: An Insult to History Fred Branfman 2010
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Here it was, in Indochina (you know the location as Vietnam) that the French fought their last battle in control over this little country.
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The French Empire, under U.S. control, in Indochina was restored and it is about time people face up to this simple truth.
McNamara: A War Criminal, a Liar, and a Director of the Washington Post company « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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The U.S. achieved a more decisive victory in Indochina than it did over Japan in World War II.
McNamara: A War Criminal, a Liar, and a Director of the Washington Post company « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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In 1980, long after the US involvement in Indochina had ended, inflation was 13.58%, and the deficit was at 2.7% of GDP.
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Future historians will marvel at how U.S. leaders failed to learn from their horrific crimes in Indochina, and are instead repeating so many of them today.
Fred Branfman: Hillary Clinton's Promoting Kissinger: An Insult to History Fred Branfman 2010
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