A Dubious Crusade:
Look up both words in the title of the short essay. What do they mean? Dubious means uncertain or controversial, and a crusade is a conflict over a certain issue. So these two combined means a conflict that people disagree and agree on.
Relate the title to the reading. What is Warren saying? How do you think this will relate to the rest of our study if Vietnam? He is saying that during this conflict, many countries fought and killed each other at the cost of civilians.
History:
What is the main thesis of the essay? That the start of the Vietnam war might have been started by a lie.
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? The support given by Congress to President Johnson to "defend United States interest in Vietnam".
What evidence does the author give to support his thesis? The author talks about how many politicians had disagreed with Johnson. He talks about how their is no true evidence that the Maddox was attacked.
How does this link to the theme of the first reading, “A Dubious Crusade”? This shows how the Vietnam War was so controversial and confusing. Many people didn't think that Johnson was telling the truth, and many people were confused about if the Maddox was really attacked.
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