HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
The expansion of communism across Southeast Asia
|
|
|
The loss of UN military bases in Asia
|
|
|
The inclusion of Taiwan in the Warsaw Pact
|
|
|
The rise of China as a dominant economic power
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The US justified its military intervention in Vietnam by the domino theory, which stated that if one country fell under the influence of Communism, the surrounding countries would inevitably follow. The aim was to prevent Communist domination of South-East Asia. In 1961, President John F.
Detailed explanation-2: -What Was the Domino Theory? By 1950, U.S. foreign policy officials had firmly embraced the idea that the fall of Indochina to communism would lead rapidly to the collapse of other nations in Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to the “domino theory, ‘’ the United States believed that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would follow. The United States supported the democratic government of South Vietnam, while the Soviet Union supported the communist government of North Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -domino theory, also called domino effect, theory adopted in U.S. foreign policy after World War II according to which the “fall” of a noncommunist state to communism would precipitate the fall of noncommunist governments in neighbouring states.