USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The domino theory was a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a row of dominos.

Detailed explanation-2: -Eisenhower’s speech invoked what would come to be known as the “domino theory”-the notion that a communist takeover in Indochina would lead other Asian nations to follow suit.

Detailed explanation-3: -President Dwight D. Eisenhower coins one of the most famous Cold War phrases when he suggests the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a “domino” effect in Southeast Asia. The so-called “domino theory” dominated U.S. thinking about Vietnam for the next decade.

Detailed explanation-4: -Eisenhower announced the Eisenhower Doctrine in January 1957, and Congress approved it in March of the same year. Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, a country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Domino Theory American foreign policy after World War II was based on the goal of containing Communism and the assumptions of the so-called “domino theory"-if one country fell to Communism, the surrounding countries would fall, like dominoes.