Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The result of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was a conventional war against NORTH Vietnam; to include strategic aerial bombing.
The US Government stated that it had the right to traverse International waters, without being fired upon. This was the basis for the resolution; and it was a sound resolution.
President Lyndon Johnson used the Gulf of Tonkin incidents to get the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed. This permitted him to militarily assist any southeast Asian country that claimed to be victimized by communist aggression. He used this as justification to â??put boots on the groundâ?? (deploy troops) and begin open warfare with North Vietnam.
to take all necessary action measures in Vietnam.
The date of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was August 7th, 1964.
The gulf of tonkin resolution was passed by President Johnson, in 1964, in responce to the attacks launched by the north vietnamese, against the American ships in the gulf of tonkin.
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August 7, 1964 .
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Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in response to a controversial North Vietnamese attack on U.S. destroyers in 1964.
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution passed unanimously in the House of Representatives and only two senators voted against it. They were senators Wayne Morse and Ernest Gruening.