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03216aam a2200421 i 4500 001 77BFCFC8FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 181218t20192019mdua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018059826 020 $a 1682474240 020 $a 9781682474242 035 $a (OCoLC)1080250856 040 $a PUL $b eng $e rda $c PUL $d OCLCF $d SINLB $d DLC $d OCLCO $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-vt--- 050 00 $a DS557.8.T6 $b M65 2019 082 00 $a 959.704/345 $2 23 084 $a HIS027110 $a HIS027110 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a MoiÌse, Edwin E., $d 1946- $e author. 245 10 $a Tonkin Gulf and the escalation of the Vietnam War / $c Edwin E. MoiÌse. 250 $a Revised edition. 264 1 $a Annapolis, Maryland : $b Naval Institute Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xxiii, 362 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-347) and index. 520 $a "On July 31, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) began a reconnaissance cruise off the coast of North Vietnam. On August 2, three North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked the ship. On the night of August 4, the Maddox and another destroyer, the USS Turner Joy (DD-951), expecting to be attacked, saw what they interpreted as hostile torpedo boats on their radars and reported themselves under attack. The following day, the United States bombed North Vietnam in retaliation. Congress promptly passed, almost unanimously and with little debate, a resolution granting President Lyndon Johnson authority to take "all necessary measures" to deal with aggression in Vietnam. The incident of August 4, 1964, is at the heart of this book. The author interviewed numerous Americans who were present. Most believed in the moment that an attack was occurring. By the time they were interviewed, there were more doubters than believers, but the ones who still believed were more confident in their opinions. Factoring in degree of assurance, one could say that the witnesses were split right down the middle on this fundamental question. A careful and rigorous examination of the other forms of evidence, including intercepted North Vietnamese naval communications, interrogations of North Vietnamese torpedo boat personnel captured later in the war, and the destroyers' detailed records of the location and duration of radar contacts, lead the author to conclude that no attack occurred that night." -- $c Provided by publisher. 611 27 $a Tonkin Gulf Incidents (1964) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01152544 611 27 $a Vietnam War (1961-1975) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01431664 650 0 $a Tonkin Gulf Incidents, 1964. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / United States. $2 bisacsh 648 7 $a 1961-1975 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a MoiÌse, Edwin E., 1946- author. $t Tonkin Gulf and the escalation of the Vietnam War $b Revised edition. $d Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, 2019 $z 9781682474488 $w (DLC) 2018061064 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230907011705.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=77BFCFC8FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search