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PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press

ISBN-100807823007

ISBN-139780807823002

eBay Product ID (ePID)706972

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Book TitleTonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War

Number of Pages324 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1996

TopicMilitary / Vietnam War

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorEdwin E. Moïse

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN96-012159

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsIt is essential reading for the national security community and those interested in U.S. policy in Vietnam. Naval War College Review, It is essential reading for the national security community and those interested in U.S. policy in Vietnam.Naval War College Review, Far surpasses in its breadth and detail anything previously written on the Gulf of Tonkin incident. American Historical Review, Far surpasses in its breadth and detail anything previously written on the Gulf of Tonkin incident.American Historical Review, [A] refreshingly welcome addition to the Vietnam War literature, and certainly one for the shelves of serious students. Intelligence and National Security, [A] refreshingly welcome addition to the Vietnam War literature, and certainly one for the shelves of serious students.Intelligence and National Security

Dewey Decimal959.7043

SynopsisBy carefully reconstructing the events of August 4, 1964, when two U.S. Navy destroyers reported that they were under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin, Moise conclusively demonstrates that there was no North Vietnamese attack. Still, he argues that the original report was not a lie concocted to provide an excuse for escalation but a genuine mistake., Retracing the confused pattern of planning for escalation of the Vietnam War, Moise reconstructs the events of the night of August 4, 1964, when the U.S. Navy destroyers Maddox and Turner Joy reported that they were under attack by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. Using declassified records and interviews with the participants, Moise demonstrates that there was no North Vietnamese attack; the original report was a genuine mistake., Retracing the confused and inconsistent pattern of planning for escalation of the Vietnam War, Edwin Moïse carefully reconstructs the events of the night of August 4, 1964, when the U.S. Navy destroyersMaddoxandTurner Joyreported that they were under attack by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. The next day, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the first U.S. air strikes against North Vietnam, and on August 7, Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which gave the president authority to take 'all necessary steps' to combat further North Vietnamese aggression.Many people, including some men who were on the destroyers that night, believe that what appeared on radar screens as torpedo boats were actually false images generated by weather conditions, flocks of birds, or American planes overhead. Using recently declassified records and interviews with participants, Moïse conclusively demonstrates that there was no North Vietnamese attack. But the original report was not a lie concocted to provide an excuse for escalation; it was a genuine mistake.

LC Classification Number96-12159 [DS]