COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Vietnam War
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Korean War
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World War II
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Detailed explanation-1: -In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gulf of Tonkin incident (Vietnamese: Sự kiện Vịnh Bắc Bộ) was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-3: -More and more Americans opposed the continuation of the war. How did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution affect US involvement in the Vietnam War? It gave the president the ability to send troops without congressional approval.