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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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- Gulf of Tonkin Second Attack: Official Acknowledgment of Misattribution by DOD/CIA Officials
The Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964 consisted of two claimed attacks on USS Maddox by North Vietnamese patrol boats. The first attack on August 2, 1964, is well-documented and verified. The sec…
- Gulf of Tonkin Incident: NSA Declassified Intercepts and the August 4, 1964 Second Attack
The Gulf of Tonkin incident of August 1964 is the historical trigger for expanded U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. The first engagement on August 2, 1964, between USS Maddox and North Vietnamese …
- McNamara's 1968 Tonkin Gulf Testimony and Public Interpretation
In February 1968, amidst growing public dissent over the Vietnam War, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin …
- Congressional Dissent on Second Gulf of Tonkin Attack Prior to 1964 Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, passed on August 7, 1964, authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to use military force in Southeast Asia following two alleged naval attacks on U.S. ships in the Gulf of…