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'''Vietnamization''' was a policy for slowly withdrawing American soldiers from [[Vietnam]], in hopes that the South Vietnamese would do more of the fighting for themselves. [[Richard Nixon]] supported this policy during his presidency.
'''Vietnamization''', also known as the [[Nixon Doctrine]] was a corollary of the [[Truman Doctrine]] of [[Containment]]. The Truman Doctrine of Containment was the foundation of [[United States]] [[foreign policy]] in relation to the [[Soviet Union]], declaring the U.S. would resist Soviet [[expansionism]] by force. The Nixon Doctrine and the policy of Vietnamization added as a corollary the U.S. would provide arms, material, training, and support to regimes and resistance movements willing to provide the necessary fighting force.
The policy of Vietnamization was the first application of the Nixon Doctrine; it was later applied by President [[Jimmy Carter]] to the Afghani [[Mujahedeen]] resisting Soviet expansion in [[Afghanistan]], and later President [[Ronald Reagan]] to the [[Nicaragua]]n [[Contras]].
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