One data point In 1964, just prior to the passage of Tonkin Gulf Resolution and America's into Vietnam based on attack that never happened, Gallup Poll reported that about 85 cent of the public believed and trusted its Washington. ..…

., would be the in more since Gulf of Tonkin resolution that authorized military force Vietnam was repealed in the early 1970s... ..…

Today in history: . 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Duke Edward of York defeats the Lancastrian army, deposes King Henry VI and Queen Margaret of Anjou and proclaims himself as King Edward IV. . 1795 - Ludwig van Beethoven (24) has his debut performance as a pianist in Vienna. . 1929 - US..…

In 1964, North Vietnamese attack on U.S in Gulf of Tonkin to ram resolution through Congress giving LBJ unlimited authority to attack North Vietnam.   ..…

Lyndon Baines Johnson is known for many things: signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964; escalating the war in Vietnam following the Gulf of Tonkin resolution; pursuing the “Great Society” initiatives; and making the rare decision not to seek his party’s nomination for reelection..…

Professor Siracusa referenced Gulf of Tonkin Resolution as example of the reaction attack on ship could create... ..…

This military buildup happened a full eight months prior to Congress authorizing the use of force in South Asia through the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. . ... Bush deployed troops to the Middle East prior to Congressional approval of the First Gulf War in January 1991. . ..…

Johnson, who secured the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution from Congress eight months after the assassination and authorized a full-scale American military invasion the following year.  . ..…

Truman used a U.N resolution to justify the Korean War. President Lyndon Johnson justified an extended large-scale war with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, equating it to a declaration of war. ..…