The American attrition strategy
A. permitted General Westmoreland to put the enemy on the defensive and thereby allowed him to shift forces to the key task of pacification.
B. quickly turned the tide and gave the United States the strategic advantage.
C. proved able to achieve no more than a stalemate.
D. rapidly decimated the critical NLF political infrastructure.
E. was so destructive that North Vietnam proved unable to replace its losses.
Answer: C
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