Revisionist viewing of the incident that escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War. Did the Gulf of Tonkin Incident really happen?

Much information is relayed about the United States' increased involvement in the Vietnam War, beginning with President Kennedy's tacit approval of the military coup in Vietnam in 1963. Read about the incident in the Gulf of Tonkin in...

Offers a summary of this resolution which supported President Johnson's actions in Vietnam and also provides an easy to read version of the complete text.

Outlines the war in Vietnam during the Johnson administration, touching on the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and protest of the American public.

A great resource for print resources on the Vietnam War. The Table of Contents provide a good organizational tool of bibliographic information for anyone trying to understand the conflict.

Here is a great political map of Vietnam, showing the major cities, rail lines, and roadways. It also shows Vietnam's neighbors.

Look at a map of Vietnam with all the major cities and the Mekong River and delta. Very easy to read.

From the Perry-Castaneda Collection, a relief map of Vietnam, showing the highlands, river valleys, and the Mekong Delta. Click on the map to zoom in for a closer view.

An academic analysis of the declassified record of events in the Tonkin Gulf Incidents. Concludes that the record does not justify the resolution that followed.

This site from The History Place is a comprehensive site about the events leading up to the Vietnam War and ending with the withdrawal of American troops. Excellent slide show with an array of images from the era.

A presentation covering the history of the Vietnam War beginning with the war for independence from France when it was a French colony. Covers the Geneva Accord and the war between the North and the South and how America became involved....

Read about how American involvement in the Vietnam War escalated after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which essentially gave President Lyndon Johnson the ability to do whatever he thought necessary to defeat the North Vietnamese.

NPR considers the incidents and reporting surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin incident forty years after the actual event, a military encounter at sea that escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam.