THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Because it gave the president full power to declare war on North Vietnam without Congressional approval
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It allowed the president to attack any nation without informing Congress
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It gave the president power to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the United States in Vietnam
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It allowed the president to write as many checks as necessary to fund the war effort
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gulf of Tonkin incident torpedo boats on the destroyers Maddox and Turner Joy of the U.S. Seventh Fleet and that led to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which allowed President Lyndon B. Johnson to greatly escalate U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 2 August 1964, North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats attacked the USS Maddox (DD-731) while the destroyer was in international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin. There is no doubting that fact.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gulf of Tonkin incident and the subsequent Gulf of Tonkin resolution provided the justification for further U.S. escalation of the conflict in Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -The outcome of these two confrontations was the passage by U.S. Congress of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which granted U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to assist any Southeast Asian country whose government was considered to be jeopardized by “communist aggression".