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PRONUNCIATION OF VIETNAMIZATION

Vietnamization  [ˌvjɛtnəmaɪˈzeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VIETNAMIZATION

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Vietnamization is a noun.
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WHAT DOES VIETNAMIZATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vietnamization

Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration during the Vietnam War to end the U.S.' involvement in the war and "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops". Brought on by the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, the policy referred to U.S. combat troops specifically in the ground combat role, but did not reject combat by the U.S. Air Force, as well as the support to South Vietnam, consistent with the policies of U.S. foreign military assistance organizations. U.S. citizens' mistrust of their government that had begun after the offensive worsened with the release of news about U.S. soldiers massacring civilians at My Lai, the invasion of Cambodia, and the leaking of the Pentagon Papers. The name "Vietnamization" came about accidentally. At a January 28, 1969 meeting of the National Security Council, General Andrew Goodpaster, deputy to General...

Definition of Vietnamization in the English dictionary

The definition of Vietnamization in the dictionary is a US government policy of transferring the tasks of fighting and directing the war to the government and forces of South Vietnam.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VIETNAMIZATION


authorization
ˌɔːθəraɪˈzeɪʃən
characterization
ˌkærɪktəraɪˈzeɪʃən
civilization
ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
customization
ˌkʌstəmaɪˈzeɪʃən
globalization
ˌɡləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalisation
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalization
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hybridization
ˌhaɪbrɪdaɪˈzeɪʃən
localization
ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
novelization
ˌnɒvəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimisation
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimization
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
organisation
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
organization
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
realization
ˌrɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
specialization
ˌspeʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
stabilization
ˌsteɪbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
synchronization
ˌsɪŋkrənaɪˈzeɪʃən
utilization
ˌjuːtɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
visualization
ˌvɪʒʊəlaɪˈzeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VIETNAMIZATION

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WORDS THAT END LIKE VIETNAMIZATION

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Synonyms and antonyms of Vietnamization in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Vietnamization» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VIETNAMIZATION

Find out the translation of Vietnamization to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Vietnamization from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Vietnamization» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

越南化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vietnamización
570 millions of speakers

English

Vietnamization
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Vietnamization
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفتنمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Вьетнамизация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Vietnamization
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Vietnamization
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vietnamisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vietnamisasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vietnamization
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベトナム化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

베트남 화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vietnamisasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Việt Nam hóa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Vietnamization
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हिएटिनेझेशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Vietnamlılaştırma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vietnamizzazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Vietnamization
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в´єтнамізації
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vietnamizare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Vietnamization
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Vietnamization
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Vietnamization
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Vietnamization
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Vietnamization

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VIETNAMIZATION»

The term «Vietnamization» is normally little used and occupies the 123.175 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VIETNAMIZATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Vietnamization

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIETNAMIZATION»

Discover the use of Vietnamization in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Vietnamization and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Vietnamization of New Jersey: A American Tragedy : a ...
The author's second consecutive Off-Broadway hit, this brightly inventive comedy blends verbal eloquence and needle-sharp characterizations in its often biting examination of the antics of four graduate students. ...a dexterous and ...
Christopher Durang, 1978
2
Advice and Support: The Final Years, 1965-1973 (Paperback ...
19 Vietnamization In the spring of 1969 President Richard M. Nixon initiated his new policy of "Vietnamization." Vietnamization had two distinct elements: first, the unilateral withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam; and, second, the ...
Jeffrey J. Clarke, 1988
3
American Passages: A History of the United States
Within weeks, Nixon unveiled a plan, known as Vietnamization, to end America's participation in the war. It called for the gradual replacement of U.S. troops by well-trained and supplied South Vietnamese soldiers—a process that included the ...
Edward L. Ayers, Lewis L. Gould, David M. Oshinsky, 2008
4
Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five
The. Vietnamization. of. World. War. II. in. Slaughterhouse-Five. and. Gravity's. Rainbow. If World War II was the straightforward movie everyone could be in, Vietnam was the sequel that was so confused that it demanded a review of the original ...
Harold Bloom, 2009
5
Public Affairs: The Military and the Media, 1968-1973
In a message to the secretary of state he suggested that administration spokesmen avoid using Vietnamization to refer to political aspects of the situation in South Vietnam. The State Department concurred, as did President Nixon, who issued ...
William M. Hammond
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The Tragedy of the Vietnam War: A South Vietnamese Officer's ...
Certainly, with the Vietnamization policy, Nixon and Kissinger meant to disengage the American military commitment in Vietnam and let South Vietnam" to stand or fall on' its] own merits. But, to this day, no one knows the absurd meaning of the ...
Van Nguyen Duong, 2008
7
Paper Soldiers: The American Press and the Vietnam War
The bottom line, for press and public, was, in Time's words, "What It Means for Vietnamization." Newsweek correspondents furnished an answer when they quoted an American official in Saigon. "As usual, we've been guilty of self- delusion," ...
Clarence R. Wyatt, 1993
8
Exiting Vietnam: The Era of Vietnamization and American ...
The Vietnamization concept was simple: Turn the war over to the South Vietnamese. It started in 1969: Laird [the Secretary of Defense] coined the term Vietnamization as an improvement on de-Americanization, the more straightforward word ...
Michael A. Eggleston, 2014
9
Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia
Vietnamization was the term coined in the wake of President Nixon's historic press conference on the island of Guam in July 1969; the Nixon Doctrine presaged the United States' military disengagement from Vietnam. Vietnamization was ...
Michael Leifer, 2013
10
Stingray: Force Recon Marines Behind the Lines in Vietnam
Vietnamization,. 1968–73. Under an overarching policy called Vietnamization, which began in the waning days of the Johnson administration under Clark M. Clifford, who had replaced Robert McNamara as secretary of defense in early 1968, ...
Bruce Norton, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIETNAMIZATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Vietnamization is used in the context of the following news items.
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Book review: Nixon Agonistes -- His tainted legacy still overshadows …
To appease anti-war sentiment at home, Nixon tried the “Vietnamization” of the war — having the South Vietnamese fight instead of American soldiers. But when ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
2
What Has the U.S. Learned from Its Military History
... replacing withdrawing U.S. troops -- a delusive strategy which is working no better in Iraq today than President Richard Nixon's futile "Vietnamization" strategy. «Huffington Post, May 15»
3
How America Lost Vietnam After Winning the War Against a …
By 1972, the Vietnamization process had been largely completed. There were no more American ground combat forces in Vietnam, only advisors and forward ... «New York Sun, Apr 15»
4
Fortieth Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon
I think the Vietnamization plan, which was underwritten by the Paris peace accords, that provided that the United States would continue to maintain the force ... «Council on Foreign Relations, Apr 15»
5
U.S. Counts on Training Foreign Forces Despite Years of Failure
Almost 50 years ago, President Richard Nixon tried “Vietnamization,” a failed effort to extricate the U.S. from the Vietnam War by bolstering South Vietnamese ... «Bloomberg, Apr 15»
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After the Fall of Saigon
Meanwhile, Nixon put into effect the “Vietnamization” program. This involved the massive build-up of Saigon forces—in effect, to encourage Vietnamese to kill ... «ABOUT US EDITOR'S NOTE About Us The Cairo Review of, Apr 15»
7
My Lai changed the way we view war, for awhile
Nixon began bombing the north more often, and moving the combat duties over to the ARVN with the Vietnamization program. Beginning in January, 1970, ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Mar 15»
8
The Best of Saturday Night Live's Foreign-Policy Skits
... to be seen as a cynical exercise, from his secretive Latin American policies to the confusingly concurrent strategies of “Vietnamization” and the authorization of ... «Foreign Policy, Feb 15»
9
President Richard Nixon made great contributions to the US
Nixon was the one who started the process of Vietnamization, which helped end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and replaced our troops with Southern ... «StateHornet.com, Oct 14»
10
Russell was a surgical tech during the Vietnam War
This battle was America's last major battle, and it proved a success for Vietnamization. (Vietnamization was President Nixon's policy of letting the Vietnamese ... «Kokomo Perspective, Aug 14»

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