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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[Ivan.A.Trollyouski]

Domino theory: if you bomb one innocent civilian from a country who can’t defend itself, how many “terrorists” did you create?

[talitajames]

good, fun, quick informative video. Great job guys!

[dssentingdescent]

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

[chuckl]

Crimea, Georgia, I wonder who's next?

[DubiousGamingOnline]

Hopefully things get better in north Korea soon.

[ravenj]

domino cones from dominus/Lord, like a priest in a hood

[grandcanyon-dd]

According to the West, communism is bad but colonialism is ok.