What is the importance of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? How did this affect conflicts in this region?
I read through the resolution but it makes no sense

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What is the importance of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? How did this affect conflicts in this region?
I read through the resolution but it makes no sense

anonymous · Answer

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History help

micahm · Answer

Gulf of Tonkin - Office of the Historian https://history.state.gov/milestones/.../gulf-of-tonki... Office of the Historian U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War: the Gulf of Tonkin and Escalation, 1964 ... On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, ... resolution provided the justification for further U.S. escalation of the conflict in Vietnam.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you once again for the help!!