EVALUATION OF SOURCES

Source 1 : This was an extremely valuble source. It was very

balanced between accounting the event itself and the reaction in
Washinton. The language was very friendly for students and simple
yet accurate. It was also a very user-friendly source, as it included
chapter titles and subchapter titles, which allowed me to skim read
through the less relevant material and easily locate the essential
group of pages. The index also provided the means to accuratley
pinpoint the vital pages.
Source 2 : This was a very political based account of the Tonkin
incidents. It delves little into the actual event but rather focuses on
the response of Johnson and his counsellors, especially Secretary of
State at the time MacNamara and General Rusk. This source was my
chief source in obtaining the reaction of Washinton to the incidents,
however, it lacked much detail concerning the attacks themsevles.
The language in the source as it contained political jargon and it
expected a high level of knowledge of the political figures of the
time before reading the book. It was alsoless friendl to the user as it
had a short index and chapters werent as clearly dividing.