Vietnamization

English

Etymology

Vietnam +‎ -ization

Noun

Vietnamization (countable and uncountable, plural Vietnamizations)

The process of becoming more Vietnamese.
(historical) Especially, the U.S. government policy of reducing American involvement in the Vietnam War by replacing American troops with Vietnamese troops.
- 1969 August 17, James P. Sterba, “Most Materiel in Vietnam To Go With U.S. Forces”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:
  Plans for the Vietnamization of the war effort call for the turnover of only a small fraction of the equipment now being used by United States forces here.
- 1980, Agnew, Spiro, Go Quietly . . . Or Else‎, New York: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, LCCN 80-80399, OCLC 470923351, OL 4096080M, page 28:
  Actually, the President went along with Laird's idea of "Vietnamization." By this was meant the gradual building up and training of South Vietnamese forces until they would be able to carry the combat responsibility without our troop involvement. That made a lot of sense, but it also required us to carry on a strong war effort until the South Vietnamese could take over. Vietnamization should have begun the moment President Kennedy put our first American soldier into Vietnam.
(figurative) A growth of cynicism, disenchantment or belief in corruption such as the American citizenry experienced over the course of the Vietnam War.
- 1973: Pauline Kael, The New Yorker
  The post-Second World War movies said that villainy would be punished and goodness would triumph; the decencies would be respected. But movies don't say that anymore; the Vietnamization of American movies is nearly complete. Today, movies say that the system is corrupt, that the whole thing stinks, and they've been saying this steadily since the mid-sixties.

Related terms

Afghanization
Iraqification
Vietnamize

单词	Vietnamization
释义	Vietnamization English Etymology Vietnam +‎ -ization Noun Vietnamization (countable and uncountable, plural Vietnamizations) The process of becoming more Vietnamese. (historical) Especially, the U.S. government policy of reducing American involvement in the Vietnam War by replacing American troops with Vietnamese troops. 1969 August 17, James P. Sterba, “Most Materiel in Vietnam To Go With U.S. Forces”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331: Plans for the Vietnamization of the war effort call for the turnover of only a small fraction of the equipment now being used by United States forces here. 1980, Agnew, Spiro, Go Quietly . . . Or Else‎, New York: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, LCCN 80-80399, OCLC 470923351, OL 4096080M, page 28: Actually, the President went along with Laird's idea of "Vietnamization." By this was meant the gradual building up and training of South Vietnamese forces until they would be able to carry the combat responsibility without our troop involvement. That made a lot of sense, but it also required us to carry on a strong war effort until the South Vietnamese could take over. Vietnamization should have begun the moment President Kennedy put our first American soldier into Vietnam. (figurative) A growth of cynicism, disenchantment or belief in corruption such as the American citizenry experienced over the course of the Vietnam War. 1973: Pauline Kael, The New Yorker The post-Second World War movies said that villainy would be punished and goodness would triumph; the decencies would be respected. But movies don't say that anymore; the Vietnamization of American movies is nearly complete. Today, movies say that the system is corrupt, that the whole thing stinks, and they've been saying this steadily since the mid-sixties. Related terms Afghanization Iraqification Vietnamize
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