S1 Ep 2 LBJ's War - The Tonkin Incident(s) - podcast episode cover

S1 Ep 2 LBJ's War - The Tonkin Incident(s)

Sep 05, 201723 minSeason 1Ep. 2
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Episode description

Twice in six weeks, in the late summer of 1964, U.S. destroyers reported they were under unprovoked attack, by North Vietnamese PT boats, while on patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin. The first incident produced a massive airstrike in retaliation, and three days later, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which changed the course of the Vietnam War. The second attack produced...no response at all.  Did Lyndon Johnson learn something along the way?  

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