The definition of the gulf of tonkin resolution?

Answer 1

In August, 1964, President Johnson reported to the nation that American ships had been attacked by North Vietnam gunboats in the Gulf of Tonkin, in international waters. The Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving the President the power to use whatever force necessary to protect our interests in the area. At the time, the truth was not reported. > http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2261 In February, 1965, the Viet Cong attacked an American military base near Pleiku. Using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, President Johnson sent in 3,500 Marines, the first official troops, to South Vietnam. By the end of the year, there were 200,000 US troops in Vietnam.

Answer 2

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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to use military force in Southeast Asia. It was signed into law on August 10, 1964.

Answer 3

On August 7 1964 the US Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in Southeast Asia.

Answer 4

Because of two naval battles between the North Vietnamese Navy and the US Navy in the Gulf of Tonkin (South China Sea) on August 2 and 4, 1964.

While the first was confirmed as an actual naval engagement, the second one has widely been seen as a radar error on the part of the U.S. Navy.

Congress passed the Golf of Tonkin Resolution on August 7, 1964, giving U.S. military forces permission to escalate combat operations in Vietnam.

Answer 5

Use whatever force necessary.