Strategic Hamlets Quotes

“People were herded into the villages against their wills and the total concept of the village became a military concept. Peasants were forced to leave villages that had been the homes of their families for generations, and in leaving them to leave behind not only the graves of their ancestors but many relics and mementos, including family altars, which perished in the same flames that consumed the village.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire