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In August 1964, in response to an alleged attack by North Vietnamese patrol boats on U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin, the U.S. Congress authorized Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson to take any action necessary to deal with threats against U.S. forces and allies in Southeast Asia.
Drawn from the months July 1964 to July1965, these transcripts cover arguably the most consequential developments of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, transforming what had been a U.S. military assistance and advisory mission into a full-scale American war.
6 de mar. de 2015 · Fifty years ago, during the first six months of 1965, Lyndon Johnson made the decision to Americanize the conflict in Vietnam. His vice-president, Hubert Humphrey advised him against it. So...
Johnson llegó a ver Vietnam como un desafío nacional; La retirada y la pérdida de Vietnam del Sur socavarían el poder, la autoridad y la credibilidad de Estados Unidos. Durante 1964, Johnson reforzó la presencia militar estadounidense en Vietnam del Sur y nombró al General William Westmoreland y Maxwell Taylor a papeles importantes allí.
Además, aumentó la presencia militar de Estados Unidos en la Guerra de Vietnam . Johnson es uno de los presidentes más controvertidos de la historia de los Estados Unidos.
1 de jun. de 2007 · McNamara's confession that the war was a great mistake that he, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and other civilian and military advisers should have avoided confirmed war opponents in the belief that Vietnam was a transparent error in judgment that need not have happened.
