The Gulf of Tonkin incident occurred in the Gulf of Tonkin off of the coast of North Vietnam.
The citizens were told the North Vietnamese communists violently attacked a US ship which was peacefully existing to aid South Vietnam. It was presented as a direct threat to the US and a means for war.
The ship was in North Vietnamese territory and was alone away from the rest of the US fleet in South Vietnam. The US was not peaceful as they were attacking the North and supplying the South putting them directly in the war.
Per the Constitution--war is to be asked for by the executive and approved by Congress with an official declaration of war. However, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave permission to Johnson to use war materials and practices without an official declaration of war. This prevented allies from entering the war but allowed the US to engage in war behavior under the executive orders.
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There were various reasons why the United States decided to follow a policy of isolation during the 1930's.
First off, the Great Depression pushed people away from foreign affairs as they wanted to resolve internal affairs first.
Second off, the number of soldiers lost in World War I kept citizens of the USA weary of foreign countries.
Because of World War I, many citizens that were advocating for isolationism pushed the country to stay out of World War II and affairs that they had no business in (at least until Germany sunk the Lusitania).
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