USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Domino Theory was the belief that communism would spread from one nation to its neighbours. It was based on the analogy of falling dominos and popularised in the early 1950s.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -On April 7, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower answered a press conference reporter’s question about the impending defeat of the French in Indochina with the first articulation of what would become known as “The Domino Theory.” The theory would drive the escalation of the Vietnam War over the next two decades.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The domino theory assumed that Soviets, communists, and socialists everywhere were unqualifiedly evil. An American nuclear strike on Vietnam was essential in order to halt a Viet Cong victory which would set off a chain reaction of countries falling to the communists, like a row of falling dominoes.