Strategic Hamlet Project The Program of Strategic Hamlet was devised by the United States and South Vietnamese governments to prevent communist insurgency during the Vietnam War by relocating the populace (Osborne,2018). Together with South Vietnam advisors, the Diem regime started implementing the plan to separate the rural peasants from interacting with the National Liberation Front not to get influenced.  Rural Community Development Program, which was […]

The background and the precursor of the Strategic Hamlet program. In around 1954, the sympathizers of Viet Minh were put through escalating repression in the South by RVN. The National Liberation Front of Southern Vietnam was founded around December 1960, and it achieved to control large portions of the countryside of South Vietnam (Osborne,2018). After recognizing the imposed danger, the communist insurgents around 10,000 in […]

The Program of Strategic Hamlet was devised by the United States and South Vietnamese governments to prevent communist insurgency during the Vietnam War by relocating the populace (Osborne,2018). Together with South Vietnam advisors, the Diem regime started implementing the plan to separate the rural peasants from interacting with the National Liberation Front not to get influenced.  Rural Community Development Program, which was the predecessor of […]

Furthermore, the peasants were to be armed with weapons and be well trained in self-defense. Also, the strategic hamlets were to work as a network instead of being isolated. However, Thompson suggested that the strategic hamlets should also be used as administrative to reform the institute and improve the lives of the peasants politically, economically, culturally, and socially (O’donnell,2017). By doing this, they believed it […]

The president of the United States preceded the implementation of the Program of the Strategic Hamlet and its implementation in Vietnam. President Kennedy intervened in the war in late 1961. Roger Hilsman, the director in charge of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research Department, was sent by President Kennedy to gauge the situation of the South. Hilsman met with Robert Thompson, who was an advisor […]

Family Structure I interviewed a stepfamily comprising of eight members who had a solid and close relationship with each other. The father had two children from the previous marriage, whereas the mother had one child from the last relationship. The couple has been married now for seven years and is blessed with three kids. The strong bonds between the children have enabled the family to […]

Social and Economic Justice The family is negatively impacted by social and economic justice through several ways that negatively affects the couple in how they execute their caring and nurturing duties to the children. Alex owns a real estate company, whereas Julie worked as a social worker in one of the leading non-profit organizations in the world before taking time off to raise the children. […]

Family System Dynamics The interviewed family has specific characteristics that contribute to the system’s make up. One of the characteristics is the special bond between the couple and the relationships between the children. The three children from past relationships share a special bond with each other, whereas the other children are fond of each other by engaging in activities such as singing and dancing. The […]

Behaviourism Human behaviour entails the actions and reasons people interact with each other and the effects of their surroundings. The conduct of such activities can originate from different theories explaining human behaviour upon exposure to certain conditions. In this case, understanding such ideas will unleash a window to learn how decisions and reasons are made from different scenarios (Muhajjirah, 2020). Understanding such aspects will also […]

Behaviourism Human behaviour entails the actions and reasons people interact with each other and the effects of their surroundings. The conduct of such activities can originate from different theories explaining human behaviour upon exposure to certain conditions. In this case, understanding such ideas will unleash a window to learn how decisions and reasons are made from different scenarios (Muhajjirah, 2020). Understanding such aspects will also […]