It authorized "all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks" and it helped the incumbent's hawk credentials in the election against Barry Goldwater.
Only Ernest Gruening of Alaska and Wayne Morse of Oregon dissented from this bill, passed under the belief that the C. Turner Joy and the Maddox were victimized. It authorized "all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks" and it helped the incumbent's hawk credentials in the election against Barry Goldwater. For 10 points, name this decree that allowed Lyndon Johnson to order air strikes against North Vietnam, named for the body of water in which the American ships were allegedly attacked.
Only Ernest Gruening of Alaska and Wayne Morse of Oregon dissented from this bill, passed under the belief that the C. Turner Joy and the Maddox were victimized.
{Gulf of Tonkin Resolution}