domino theory

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The domino theory was a Cold War geopolitical concept asserting that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring countries would likely follow in a chain reaction.

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instanceOf Cold War doctrine ⓘ
anti-communist theory ⓘ
foreign policy concept ⓘ
geopolitical theory ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
appliedRegion Indochina ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
associatedWithIdeology anti-communism ⓘ
containment ⓘ
assumes communist expansion is sequential and contagious ⓘ
loss of one state weakens neighbors against communism ⓘ
criticizedBy many historians of the Vietnam War ⓘ
realist foreign policy scholars ⓘ
criticizedFor exaggerating threat of monolithic communism ⓘ
ignoring nationalism and local politics ⓘ
oversimplifying complex regional dynamics ⓘ
developedInContextOf Cold War ⓘ
firstPopularizedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
firstPublicUseContext press conference about Indochina ⓘ
firstPublicUseYear 1954 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName domino effect theory ⓘ
falling dominoes theory ⓘ
hasCoreIdea if one country falls to communism neighboring countries will likely follow ⓘ
historicalOutcome not all non-communist neighbors of communist states became communist ⓘ
influencedDebateOn U.S. Cold War strategy ⓘ
U.S. intervention in Vietnam ⓘ
influencedPolicyOf Australia ⓘ
South Vietnam ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
United States ⓘ
keyCountryInArgument Cambodia ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
promotedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
John F. Kennedy ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
Richard Nixon ⓘ
relatedConcept Eisenhower Doctrine ⓘ
Truman Doctrine ⓘ
containment policy ⓘ
rollback ⓘ
reliesOnMetaphor falling dominoes ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ
usedToJustify United States foreign policy in Southeast Asia ⓘ
United States intervention in Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Vietnam War

support for anti-communist regimes ⓘ

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Cold War proxy conflicts → relatedTo → domino theory ⓘ