Without it, the President wouldn't legally have the authority to use whatever military force he felt he needed in Vietnam.
Naval units of the US and North Vietnamese Navy fought a sea battle in Gulf of Tonkin.
Open warfare between Washington and Hanoi.
The Vietnam War is the event that occurred in the Tonkin Gulf.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which was passed by Congress in 1964.
What was the gulf of tunking
Naval units of the US and North Vietnamese Navy fought a sea battle in Gulf of Tonkin.
The Gulf of Tonkin.
The Gulf of Tonkin is located in Asia.
Open warfare between Washington and Hanoi.
Under the Gulf of tonkin resolution, all necessary military force.
Naval units of North Vietnam and the US fought each other.
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred on August 2, 1964 when two US Navy ships in the Gulf of Tonkin was sunk allegedly by the North Vietnamese. We now know one of them was a false flag attack. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was August 4, 1964 when President Johnson asked Congress to declare war on Vietnam which they did.
The Gulf of Oman is to the Arabian Sea as the Gulf of Tonkin is to the South China Sea.
The Vietnam War is the event that occurred in the Tonkin Gulf.
The Gulf of Tonkin is part of Vietnam. It's capital is Hanoi.
the gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin is located in the South China Sea, which is a part of the Pacific Ocean.