Joint Resolution to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia

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The Joint Resolution to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia, commonly known as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, was a 1964 U.S. congressional measure that effectively authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to escalate American military involvement in the Vietnam War without a formal declaration of war.

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instanceOf United States congressional joint resolution ⓘ
authorization for use of military force ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
appliesToCountry Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
appliesToRegion Southeast Asia ⓘ
authorizedAction defense of any Southeast Asian state requesting assistance ⓘ
use of armed force in Southeast Asia ⓘ
citation 78 Stat. 384 ⓘ
congressNumber 88th United States Congress ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateEnacted 1964-08-10 ⓘ
dateMotivatingEvent 1964-08-02 ⓘ
1964-08-04 ⓘ
datePassedHouse 1964-08-07 ⓘ
datePassedSenate 1964-08-07 ⓘ
effect delegation of war powers to the President of the United States ⓘ
escalation of United States military involvement in the Vietnam War ⓘ
hasAlias Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
Tonkin Gulf Resolution ⓘ
historicalReassessment later viewed as blank check for war in Vietnam ⓘ
historicalSignificance key legal basis for large-scale U.S. ground troop deployment in Vietnam ⓘ
major milestone in the escalation of the Vietnam War ⓘ
houseVoteAgainst 0 ⓘ
houseVoteFor 416 ⓘ
introducedIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
languageFeature authorized the President to prevent further aggression in Southeast Asia ⓘ
authorized the President to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States ⓘ
legalStatus authorization without formal declaration of war ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
mainSubject United States foreign policy ⓘ
United States military intervention in Southeast Asia ⓘ
linked to: Indochina conflicts

Vietnam War ⓘ
motivatedByEvent Gulf of Tonkin incident ⓘ
officeholderSigning President of the United States ⓘ
opposedBy Ernest Gruening ⓘ
Wayne Morse ⓘ
partiallyRepealedBy Joint resolution of the United States Congress in 1970 limiting operations in Cambodia ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 88-408 ⓘ
purpose to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedConcept War Powers Resolution ⓘ
war powers of the United States Congress ⓘ
repealedBy subsequent congressional action during the Vietnam War era ⓘ
senateVoteAgainst 2 ⓘ
senateVoteFor 88 ⓘ
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
supportedBy Lyndon B. Johnson administration ⓘ
year 1964 ⓘ

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution → formalTitle → Joint Resolution to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia ⓘ