6 résultats pour "gulf"

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (text of resolution)In August 1964 North Vietnamese boats fired on an American destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin.

  Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (text of resolution) In August 1964 North Vietnamese boats fired on an American destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin. When two American ships reported a second attack, the United States Senateresponded by authorizing increased military activity in the region. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution marked a turning point in U.S. involvement in Vietnam, giving PresidentLyndon Johnson broad authority to expand the U.S. war effort. Congress repealed the resolution in 1970 after critical...

• Gulf Stream.

• Iraq - country.

• Florida - geography.

• Iran - country.

• Asia - History.