On August 16, 1967, President Johnson’s broad interpretation of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is attacked in the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee by the Chairman, Senator William Fulbright of Arkansas, who feels that Johnson has no mandate to conduct the war on the present scale.
How the Gulf of Tonkin Incident Embroiled the US in the Vietnam War
One real and one phantom firefight led the United States to engage more directly in the Vietnam War.
One real and one phantom firefight led the United States to engage more directly in the Vietnam War.