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Decisions Under Pressure

The Decision on Vietnam

What Johnson knew, what he didn’t, and why America escalated

By Walter Briggs

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In August 1964, after reports of attacks on U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin, Congress gave Lyndon Johnson broad authority to use force in Southeast Asia. By the end of 1965, more than 180,000 American troops were in Vietnam.

Walter Briggs reconstructs what Johnson knew as he made those decisions, what he didn’t, and why America escalated.

Decisions Under Pressure

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