The Domino Theory
The domino theory was a theory during the 1950s to 1980s, promoted at times by the government of the United States. This theory was the basis for the United States strategy of containment, and the reason for entering the Vietnam War. The Domino Theory was basically an idea that if one region within an area fell under communist rule that other regions surrounding it would follow communism as well, resulting in a communist effect. The United States used the domino theory during the Cold war to justify the need for American intervention around the world. Vietnam in the early 1960s was intervened with the John F. Kennedy administration to, among other reasons; keep the South Vietnamese "domino" from falling. The primary evidence against the domino theory is the failure of Communism to take hold in Thailand, Indonesia, and other large Southeast Asian countries after the end of the Vietnam War, as Eisenhower's speech warned it could. However, proponents of this policy argue that this was due in part to the effects of both the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
The domino theory was a theory during the 1950s to 1980s, promoted at times by the government of the United States. This theory was the basis for the United States strategy of containment, and the reason for entering the Vietnam War. The Domino Theory was basically an idea that if one region within an area fell under communist rule that other regions surrounding it would follow communism as well, resulting in a communist effect. The United States used the domino theory during the Cold war to justify the need for American intervention around the world. Vietnam in the early 1960s was intervened with the John F. Kennedy administration to, among other reasons; keep the South Vietnamese "domino" from falling. The primary evidence against the domino theory is the failure of Communism to take hold in Thailand, Indonesia, and other large Southeast Asian countries after the end of the Vietnam War, as Eisenhower's speech warned it could. However, proponents of this policy argue that this was due in part to the effects of both the Korean and Vietnam Wars.