Even though Tonkin Gulf Resolution was passed quickly and with an almost 100% vote in Congress (which is super rare), there was still some hearty debate over what the resolution would actually mean...

Here's a guy who was clearly conflicted about Tonkin Gulf Resolution. In a single statement during Congress' debate over the document, he gives the thumbs up but also is clearly unsure."I do not kn...

Some members of Congress hemmed and hawed in their support of or disagreement with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. But Ernest Gruening was 100% committed to voting against the resolution from the start...

Besides Senator Gruening, Senator Morse was the only other vote against the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. While Gruening disagreed because he didn't want to send Americans soldiers to die; Morse was focu...

McNamara was President Johnson's right hand man during the Vietnam War. He's the one who told President Johnson about the attacks against American ships near Vietnam, and he's the one who whipped u...