Drawn History: What is Domino Theory? | History

Domino Theory, which governed much of U.S. foreign policy beginning in the early 1950s, held that a communist victory in one nation would quickly lead to a chain reaction of communist takeovers in neighboring states.
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Domino theory: if you bomb one innocent civilian from a country who can’t defend itself, how many “terrorists” did you create?

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@@Victwe1 if it were my family, you would create one with me.

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26,788 views ,and 2 1and a half years, and 11 comments. Wow

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Crimea, Georgia, I wonder who's next?

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Ukraine, Belarus, Kazahkstan

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Hopefully things get better in north Korea soon.

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its good to dream isn't it

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It’s not

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Good old US propaganda

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DankTech how? It explained domino theory pretty well

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@Laika24102007 What does that have to do with the spread of communism? Don't pretend it was not included at all.