THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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The Domino Theory
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Containment
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The Marshall Plan
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The Warsaw Pact
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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: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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: -The British were desperately hanging on to their colony in Malaya. If the United States didn’t fight back in Korea many westerners feared that countries in the eastern hemisphere and across the world would fall like dominoes to the communists. This fear became known as the “Domino Theory.”