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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, measure passed by the Congress of the United States on August 7, 1964, which gave President Lyndon Johnson the power to...

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (text of resolution)

In August 1964 North Vietnamese boats fired on an American destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin. When two American ships reported a second attack, the...

Lyndon Baines Johnson, leadership during the Vietnam War

Lyndon Baines Johnson, leadership during the Vietnam War (Archive Films/Hot Shots Cool Cuts Inc./NBC News Archives)

It was in Southeast Asia that Johnson ran into his greatest difficulties. The Vietnam War, a military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975,...

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	Windows Live® Search Results Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was addressed by Lyndon B. Johnson as a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in direct response to a minor naval engagement ... Tonkin Gulf resolution — Infoplease.com More on Tonkin Gulf resolution from Infoplease: Gulf of Tonkin - Tonkin, Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of, NW arm of the South China Sea, c.300 mi (480 km) long and 150 mi ... This Day in ... Gulf of Tonkin Resoltion Joint Resolution of Congress H.J. RES 1145 August 7, 1964. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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