THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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He was able to get European allies to join the United States in the war.
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He pushed Congress to pass a resolution giving him authority to protect U.S. forces from attack.
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He persuaded the United Nations to authorize a police action in Vietnam.
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He convinced Congress to declare war against North Vietnam.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On August 7, 1964, 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. had stationed advisory military personnel in South Vietnam since the 1950s, but Johnson presided over a major escalation of the U.S. role in the Vietnam War. After the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, he obtained congressional approval to use military force to repel future attacks by North Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was passed on August 7, 1964, by the U.S. Congress after an alleged attack on two U.S. naval destroyers stationed off the coast of Vietnam. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution effectively launched America’s full-scale involvement in the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did policymakers in the Johnson administration want to continue U.S. involvement in Vietnam? They did not want to lose South Vietnam to communism. Who attacked the U.S.S. Maddox on August 2, 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin?