HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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If communist countries fall to democracy, nearby countries would too
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If non-communist countries fall to communism, nearby countries would too
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A political theory where all property and wealth are communally-owned
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The Communist countries under Soviet control in Eastern Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -U.S. leaders endorsed the domino theory, which held that if South Vietnam fell to the Communists, other nations in the region, such as Laos and Cambodia, would also fall.
Detailed explanation-3: -The primary evidence for the domino theory is the spread of communist rule in three Southeast Asian countries in 1975, following the communist takeover of Vietnam: South Vietnam (by the Viet Cong), Laos (by the Pathet Lao), and Cambodia (by the Khmer Rouge).
Detailed explanation-4: -The policy of containment later informed the “domino theory, ‘’ which stated that one country falling to Communism meant the surrounding countries were likely to fall as well.
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.