The USS Maddox’ likely incorrect report of an attack on August 4, 1964, paved the way for a dramatic escalation of the ...

By August 7, Johnson unanimously passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in the House of Representatives, a resolution which allowed him to enter war in Southeast Asia. By March, 1965, the first U.S ...

To the editor: The current Republican budget proposal from the U.S. House of Representatives shares the odious, disingenuous quality of the infamous Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by the Congress in ...

Justified by the attacks, congress rapidly approves the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, giving the President power to wage all-out war against North Vietnam without a formal declaration of war.

China began live-fire drills in the Gulf of Tonkin after Vietnam established a new territorial baseline. The drills, running through Thursday, follow ongoing maritime disputes between China and ...

The resolution would give Johnson a virtual blank ... the fifth annual World Assembly of Youth meeting. U.S. patrol in Tonkin Gulf to end soon, Vance says WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 1964 (UPI) - Deputy ...

China has announced a four-day live-fire military exercise in the Gulf of Tonkin, warning ships to stay away from the ...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's foreign ministry published a map defining its baseline claim in the Gulf of Tonkin, where it shares a maritime border with China, which it said on Friday was to help ...

The resolution would give Johnson a virtual blank ... the fifth annual World Assembly of Youth meeting. U.S. patrol in Tonkin Gulf to end soon, Vance says WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 1964 (UPI) - Deputy ...

BANGKOK--Chinese authorities said they began live-fire exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin on Monday, only days after Vietnam announced a new line marking what it considers its territory in the body ...

The Vietnamese foreign ministry said on Thursday that China's live-fire drills in the Gulf of Tonkin this week were carried out within Chinese waters. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...