Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War
by Moise, Edwin E.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996-11-01
Publisher(s): Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Summary
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.
Author Biography
Edwin E. Moise, professor of history at Clemson University.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Abbreviations Used in the Text | |
| Covert Operations | p. 1 |
| Thoughts of Escalation | p. 22 |
| The DeSoto Patrol | p. 50 |
| The First Incident, August 2 | p. 73 |
| The DeSoto Patrol Resumes | p. 94 |
| The Second Incident, August 4 | p. 106 |
| The Evidence from the Destroyers | p. 143 |
| Evidence from Other Sources | p. 186 |
| Retaliation | p. 208 |
| Toward Further Escalation | p. 244 |
| Notes | p. 257 |
| Bibliography | p. 289 |
| Index | p. 297 |
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