The strategic hamlet program
A. was skillfully implemented by the Diem government.
B. failed to provide sufficient security for village residents.
C. succeeded in protecting the villagers of South Vietnam from attacks by Chinese insurgents.
D. turned the tide in the struggle for the control of rural South Vietnam.
E. greatly interfered with the NLF's efforts to infiltrate rural villages.
Answer: B
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