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Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War

Edwin E. Moïse

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Description:Retracing the confused and inconsistent pattern of planning for escalation of the Vietnam War, Edwin Moise carefully reconstructs the events of the night of August 4, 1964, when the U.S. Navy destroyers "Maddox" and "Turner Joy" reported that they were under attack by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. The next day, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the first U.S. air strikes against North Vietnam, and on August 7, Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which gave the president authority to take 'all necessary steps' to combat further North Vietnamese aggression. Many people, including some men who were on the destroyers that night, believe that what appeared on radar screens as torpedo boats were actually false images generated by weather conditions, flocks of birds, or American planes overhead. Using recently declassified records and interviews with participants, Moise conclusively demonstrates that there was no North Vietnamese attack. But the original report was not a lie concocted to provide an excuse for escalation; it was a genuine mistake.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War. To get started finding Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Retracing the confused and inconsistent pattern of planning for escalation of the Vietnam War, Edwin Moise carefully reconstructs the events of the night of August 4, 1964, when the U.S. Navy destroyers "Maddox" and "Turner Joy" reported that they were under attack by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. The next day, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the first U.S. air strikes against North Vietnam, and on August 7, Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which gave the president authority to take 'all necessary steps' to combat further North Vietnamese aggression. Many people, including some men who were on the destroyers that night, believe that what appeared on radar screens as torpedo boats were actually false images generated by weather conditions, flocks of birds, or American planes overhead. Using recently declassified records and interviews with participants, Moise conclusively demonstrates that there was no North Vietnamese attack. But the original report was not a lie concocted to provide an excuse for escalation; it was a genuine mistake.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War. To get started finding Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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