gulf of tonkin resolution

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1964 Congressional resolution which authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to involve American troops in the Vietnam War
(Aug. 5, 1964) Resolution by the U.S. Congress authorizing Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson to use "all necessary measures" to repel armed attacks against U.S. forces in Vietnam. It was drafted in response to the alleged shelling of two U.S. navy ships by North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin. Later information disputed the severity of the attack. The resolution was cited as authorization for the subsequent expansion of the Vietnam War; many in Congress came to see it as a blank check for the president, and it was repealed in 1970

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Gulf of Tonkin
Arm of the South China Sea, between northern Vietnam and Hainan Island, China. It is 300 mi (500 km) long and 150 mi (250 km) wide. In 1964 the Vietnamese reportedly fired on U.S. ships there, leading the U.S. Congress to adopt the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that supported increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
Gulf of Tonkin
gulf in the northwestern part of the South China Sea, site of an attack by North Vietnamese on U.S. Naval ships which resulted in U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
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