Describe the Domino Theory. Why was it an important factor in the U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
what were the beliefs and events that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
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Answer:
cold war
Explanation:
The domino theory was a theory prominent in the United States from the 1950s to the 1980s that posited that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.[1] The domino theory was used by successive United States administrations during the Cold War to justify the need for American intervention around the world.
An illustration of the domino theory as it had been predicted
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower described the theory during an April 7, 1954, news conference, when referring to communism in Indochina:
Finally, you have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the "falling domino" principle. You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have a beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences.[2]
Moreover, Eisenhower’s deep belief in the domino theory in Asia heightened the “perceived costs for the United States of pursuing multilateralism”[3] because of multifaceted events including the “1949 victory of the Chinese Communist Party, the June 1950 North Korean invasion, the 1954 Quemoy offshore island crisis, and the conflict in Indochina constituted a broad-based challenge not only for one or two countries, but for the entire Asian continent and Pacific.”[3] This connotes a strong magnetic force to give in to communist control, where it aligns with the commentary by General Douglas MacArthur, that “victory is a strong magnet in the East.”[4]
Apart from President Eisenhower’s description, American academic Victor Cha also explained the domino theory in his book, titled Powerplay: The Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia. Cha analyzes the domino theory with close reference to Asia, where he states that "the fall of one small country in Asia could trigger a chain of countries falling to communism.”[3]
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