Vietnam syndrome

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Vietnam syndrome is a term in U.S. politics that refers to public reluctance to American military interventions overseas, following the controversy and failure of the Vietnam War. In 1973, the U.S. ended combat operations in Vietnam. Since the early 1980s, analysts and commentators have linked the Vietnam syndrome to shifts in public opinion against war, the end of active military conscription, a relative reluctance to deploy ground troops, and "Vietnam paralysis".

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