The resolution allowed President Johnson to commit more troops to South Vietnam without the approval of Congress.
His commitment to containing communism
President Johnson's ultimate goal in Vietnam was to disengage without losing the war. This was back in history.
He was committed to maintaining an independent South Vietnam and to achieving success in Southeast Asia.
resented that he esculated the war
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His commitment to containing communism
The country that President Eisenhower believed would be the first to fall to communism in Asia was Vietnam.
President Truman feared the spread of Communism to Southeast Asia.
communism was not contained in Vietnam
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which was passed by Congress in 1964.
LBJ
Authority for the US president (LBJ) to commence war against North Vietnam.