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40th Anniversary of Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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Forty years on, Forum discusses the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the subsequent Congressional Resolution passed on August 7th 1964 that launched the Vietnam War.

Guests:

Daniel Ellsberg, author of "The Pentagon Papers" and "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers"

Dr. John Sherwood, historian at the US Naval Historical Center in Washington DC, author of "Afterburner, Naval Aviators and the Vietnam War."

Victor Hanson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, author of "Between War and Peace: Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq."

Mason Drukman, author of "Wayne Morse: A Political Biography" and "Community and Purpose in America"

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