Gulf of Tonkin Incident

The Vietnam war is probably the most controversial war in United States history. Many people wanted the U.S. to never join the war, but then when we joined, people got mad. People in the U.S. even rallied to leave the war. There were many new weapons and war tactics that were introduced in the Vietnam war and have become well known today. The biggest thing that was introduced and was a huge factor in the war was the war tactic, Guerilla warfare, that the Vietcong used. It was a very successful…

Throughout the history of humanity, there were many wars that rewrote the history books. Wars were fought for many reasons: conflicts, revolution, and coups. Usually, people start a war because of only one reason: to create a better life for themselves. A government wants more lands for their country, more people to work for them, and independence for their themselves. However, not every war is a good war. There are always terrible costs after the war. The Vietnam war was an awful war because…

trying to convince Congress and the American public that the North Vietnamese attacks were unprovoked…” The Gulf of Tonkin started to become something of a mess because of the fact that Humphrey talked about the war plans. American officials who knew of the actual events of those two nights…

Minister Ngo Dinh Diem. This allowed the South Vietnamese military to install a Prime Minster who was more likely to follow American instruction, though Diem’s assassination caused many more overthrows due to political instability. In 1964 the Gulf of Tonkin incident sealed the faith of American involvement in Vietnam, with Americans not pulling out of their commitment to South Vietnamese democracy until 1975. In 1963 United States President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and his Vice…

In the same year, another incident happen name the My Lai Massacre. In 1969, the Vietnamization policy has been introduced. Gulf of Tonkin incident is happen when one of the U.S destroyer ship known as the USS Maddox clashed with the North Vietnamese fast attack craft. The result of this incident, the Congress of United Sates of America give an authorization to the President who at that time was President Lyndon…

Vietnam has been in conflict ever since the 1880’s where France tried to invade it and have it as a colony. This conflict lasted for decades up until 1954, where the French along with U.S. Support (President Truman aided them with over $160 million) were defeated by the Vietnamese forces. As a result, this separated a Communist North Vietnamese, and a Democratic South Vietnam. During this time, President Eisenhower was in office, and both he and The United States were major contributors in the…

With this event, President Johnson wanted revenge on North Vietnam and passed an attack plan. Additionally, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin which gave President Johnson the power to do whatever he wanted to do concerning North Vietnam. After many years of fighting, President Johnson and American forces believed the enemy was on verge of defeat; but, unfortunately, that was not case…

with the call to arms because this was not just any attack, it was an attack on an American base that killed American soldiers. In his State of the Union Address, Franklin Roosevelt drew toward this fact when he stated, “We know their choice of the place, an outpost, an American outpost, in the Pacific.” American soldiers, and the public, gained an extra sense of patriotism and unity from the events at Pearl Harbor, because it was an attack that directly correlated with the United States…

The 60’s had begun with multiple incidents and escalations such as The Bay of Pigs, The Cuban Missile Crisis, and The assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A new president came in and swiftly took over as President Lyndon Johnson initiated new policies with The Civil Rights Bill, The Voting Rights act, and The Great Society. Johnson easily won re-election in 1964 and the future of his administration looked bright. Then the gigantic problem of the War in Vietnam casted a shadow that…

with multiple weapons. With these weapons, the northerners tried to take over the South. In 1962, South Vietnam started to bring the United States into the war. The United States brought 12,000 advisors into South Vietnam to start. In 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin…