COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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The United States was only concerned about countries in the western hemisphere falling to munism.
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The United States was opposed to any country in the world falling to communism.
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The United States ignored the rest of the world and focused on keeping communism out of its own borders.
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The United States attacked countries that were already communist in order to make them democracies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The “domino theory” reigned supreme in Washington; if one country fell to Communism, its neighbors would soon follow. The great-power conflict spanned the globe: Cuba, Berlin, Vietnam, Africa, Latin America. Tension between East and West reached its height during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
Detailed explanation-2: -The domino theory was a Cold War foreign policy approach that speculated that if one country in a region became communist, other surrounding countries would also adopt communism. The theory was explained by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954, and was commonly used in connection with developments in Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Under President Harry Truman, the U.S. government provided covert military and financial aid to the French; the rationale was that a communist victory in Indochina would precipitate the spread of communism throughout Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.