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The domino theory is a geopolitical theory which posits that changes in the political structure of one country tend to spread to neighboring countries in a domino effect. [1]
9 lis 2009 · Learn how the domino theory influenced U.S. foreign policy in Southeast Asia during the Cold War and the Vietnam War. Find out why the theory failed to predict the outcome of the conflict and the spread of communism in the region.
domino theory, 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.
The Domino Theory was the belief that communism would expand and spread from one country to the next until it dominated the world. This idea shaped the foreign policy of the United States and other Western countries during the Cold War.
27 kwi 2018 · The Domino Theory was a metaphor for the spread of communism, as articulated by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower in an April 7, 1954 news conference. The United States had been rattled by the so-called "loss" of China to the communist side in 1949, as a result of Mao Zedong and the People's Liberation Army's triumph over Chiang Kai-shek's ...
3 dni temu · A bombastic doctrine of communist contagion, the domino theory ignored country‐specific factors and was used to undermine the development of democratic socialist governments. Despite the disaster of the Vietnam War, the domino theory was resurrected by Ronald Reagan, who used it to justify military intervention in Nicaragua in the 1980s.
29 maj 2018 · The domino theory is the idea that a change in one country will trigger a chain reaction of political transformations in neighboring countries. Learn about its origins, applications, and criticisms in different regions and historical periods.
