August 2, 1931 Albert Einstein urged all scientists to refuse military work. “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein (April-May 1949) Book review of Einstein on Politics Other Einstein thoughts on the military |
| August 2, 1964 The U.S.S. Maddox, a destroyer conducting intelligence operations along North Vietnam’s coast, reported it had been attacked by some of the North’s torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. The day before, the North had been attacked by the South Vietnamese Navy and the Laotian Air Force under U.S. direction. 30-year perspective on reporting of the Tonkin Gulf Incident Flawed Intelligence and the Decision for War in Vietnam (from official documents) |
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