THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Hanoi Accords
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Pentagon Papers
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War Powers Act
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Detailed explanation-1: -The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. ch. 33) is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president’s power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -In most cases, the President has requested the authority; Congress has sometimes given the President less than what he requested. Congress has also authorized the President to use the military forces or the militia domestically to put down insurrections or execute civilian law when certain criteria are met.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Constitution provides: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States . . . .” U.S. Const. art. I, § 2, cl.