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What gave president Johnson the power to go to waar against north Vietnam?
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∙ 12y ago
Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
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Who lost against North Vietnam in the Vietnam War?
Ordered bombing raids on North Vietnam?
president Johnson
How did President Johnson open the way for negoitations in Vietnam?
He stopped the bombing of North Vietnam.
What did the gulf or tonkin resolution extended president Johnson power?
He now could conduct OPEN WAR against North Vietnam.
Did president Johnson start bombing north Vietnam in 1965?
Yepp.
Why did president Johnson believe US could defeat north Vietnam?
President Johnson believed that the US could defeat north Vietnam because the US had won WWII with firepower, and the US had the most firepower on earth during the Vietnam War.
In reaction to the growing opposition to war in Vietnam President Johnson announced in 1968 that he would?
negotiate with North Vietnam
To what degree was Johnson responsible for the tragedy of Vietnam?
Sent in US Regulars, and commenced the air war against North Vietnam.
What did the tonkin gulf resolution allow president johnson to do?
Take all measures needed to defend against armed attacks on U.S. forces; commence war against North Vietnam.
What did opposition to the Vietnam War prompt President Johnson to do?
Opposition to the Vietnam war caused President Lyndon Johnson to halt aerial bombing of the North Vietnamese and engage in peace talks instead of escalating the war.
President Johnson eventually asked for and received a declaration of war against the country of North Vietnam?
The US couldn't declare a war in Vietnam, that would've implied total war. Total war meant deploying atomic weapons...that would've caused WWIII. The whole purpose of the cold war was to avoid an atomic war...Vietnam was a fuse that could have led to an atomic explosion...a fuse that world leaders wanted to ensure didn't detonate.
The gulf of tonkin resolution gave president Johnson the authority to escalate which war?
To escalate a simple guerrilla war being conducted in the republic of South Vietnam into an open conventional war against North Vietnam itself.
