Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War
, by Moise, Edwin E.
- ISBN: 9780807823002 | 0807823007
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/1/1996
By 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.
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