answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The US couldn't declare a war in Vietnam, that would've implied total war. Total war meant deploying atomic weapons...that would've caused WWIII. The whole purpose of the cold war was to avoid an atomic war...Vietnam was a fuse that could have led to an atomic explosion...a fuse that world leaders wanted to ensure didn't detonate.

User Avatar

Wiki User

โˆ™ 12y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

โˆ™ 8y ago

Johnson asked for a widening of the war and air strikes against North Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

โˆ™ 11y ago

United States never officially declared Vietnam War.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

โˆ™ 9y ago

Yes, President Johnson did eventually ask for and receive a declaration of war against the country of North Vietnam. The Vietnam Was started in 1956 and ended in 1975.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: President Johnson eventually asked for and received a declaration of war against the country of North Vietnam?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What states did president Andrew Johnson add to the union?

Nebraska became at state in 1967 while Johnson was President. (He also completed the purchase of Alaska, adding it to US territory to eventually become a state.)


What Andrew Johnson do after being president?

He went home to Tennessee was active in politics and eventually was elected US senator, the only ex-president to be so chosen.


What happened in georgia in response to general shermans order that freed slaves should be given land and a mule?

It was stopped by president Johnsonโ€™s b*tchass


What gave president Johnson the power to commit troops to Vietnam without asking congress for the declaration of war?

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.


Why did Andrew Johnson become the president?

Johnson was vice-president under Lincoln. After Lincoln was killed, Johnson became president.


Was Johnson President of the US?

Andrew Johnson was president from 1865 to 1869. Lyndon B Johnson was president from 1963 to 1969.


Who was the president when Johnson was the Vice President?

Richard M. Johnson was the Vice President to Martin Van Buren.Andrew Johnson was the Vice President to Abraham Lincoln.Lyndon Baines Johnson was the Vice President to John F. Kennedy.


Who was the President of the United States before Andrew Johnson?

Before Johnson was Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was Lincoln's vice-president.


How did Lyndon Johnson become president?

Lyndon Johnson was Vice President to President John F. Kennedy. Johnson became president following Kennedy's assassination in 1963.


General Shermans special field order number 15 was?

Rejected by president johnson


Who did Andrew Jackson run against for president?

Johnson was never nominated for President. He became president because he was the vice-president when Lincoln died. He became a candidate for vice-president at the request of Lincoln. He received votes in the early ballots at the Democratic Convention in 1868 trailing George Pendlelton and Winfield Hancock but Horatio Seymour eventually won the nomination.Andrew Johnson didn't run for President.


What other careers did president Andrew Johnson have?

He earned his living as a tailor for many years. He began as an apprentice but eventually ran his own shop.