The 'Strategic Hamlet Program' was an attempt by the South Vietnamese government and the U.S. to:
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Correct answer: Relocate rural villagers into fortified hamlets to sever their ties to the Viet Cong insurgency
The program largely failed because it alienated the peasantry, who were forcibly moved from their ancestral lands. Instead of providing security, it often made the villagers more sympathetic to the Viet Cong.
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