{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Strategic Hamlet Program - Newikis","description":"The Strategic Hamlet Program (SHP; Vietnamese: Ấp Chiến lược) was implemented in 1962 by the government of South Vietnam, with advice and financing from the United States, during the Vietnam War to combat the communist insurgency. The strategy was to isolate the rural population from contact with…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Gvnhamlet.jpg","thumbnail_width":400,"thumbnail_height":354}