THE PACIFICATION PROGRAM OF THE US AND THE SAIGON GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH VIETNAM (11/1963-01/1969) - THE CASE OF LONG AN

DOI: 10.18173/2354-1067.2026-0009

Abstract

Inheriting and expanding the war of aggression in Vietnam, the US government under President Lyndon B. Johnson (November 1963 - January 1969) applied many pacification measures and tactics throughout the localities of South Vietnam, including Long An. Here, pacification plans/projects were concretized by the US Mission and the Saigon central government with special priority in terms of both resources and implementation organization to win the “hearts and minds” of the people as well as to prevent and destroy the revolutionary movement at the grassroots level. Long An became a “model province” in the pacification program of the US and the Saigon government in South Vietnam (November 1963 - January 1969). The article focuses on analyzing the organization and implementation of the pacification program of the US and the Saigon government in Long An through two stages, corresponding to the key pacification program and the “other war” in South Vietnam; evaluating the results of those pacification plans.