THE CROSSOVER POINT “The United States, after examining the lessons of the Battle of the Ia Drang, also opted for a strategy of attrition based on advantages in mobility and firepower. Calculations were based on an assumption that an achievable 10-to-1 kill ratio eventually, at what was termed a “crossover point”, would deplete the enemy of soldiers. General Vo Nguyen Giap, likewise, calculated that if the Peoples Army of Vietnam inflicted one casualty for every ten it sustained, the United States would tire of the war when it sustained fifty-thousand combat deaths. The two strategies complemented each other and what resulted was an escalating stalemate in which the advantage of time accrued to Hanoi.” Earl H. Tilford, Jr., Ph.D. Grove City College youtube/watch?v=URIHiUsKxVs&app=desktop
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