Vietnamization

Vietnamization
/vee et'neuh meuh zay"sheuhn, vyet'-, vee'it-/, n.
a U.S. policy during the Vietnam War of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, so as to allow for the withdrawal of American troops.
[1965-70; VIETNAM + -IZATION]

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