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

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United States congressional joint resolution authorization for use of military force legal instrument

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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Label	Occurrences
Joint Resolution to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States congressional joint resolution ⓘ authorization for use of military force ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ
appliesToCountry	Democratic Republic of Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToRegion	Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonkin Gulf Resolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ
motivatedByEvent	Gulf of Tonkin incident NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeholderSigning	President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Ernest Gruening NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Morse NERFINISHED ⓘ
partiallyRepealedBy	Joint resolution of the United States Congress in 1970 limiting operations in Cambodia ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 88-408 NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedConcept	War Powers Resolution NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ