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To: longnshort who wrote (1226788)	5/4/2020 2:07:06 PM
From: Jamie153	1 Recommendation Recommended By sylvester80 Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578092

I'd have to look at the history of Vietnam, but I think Ike, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon fell for the Domino Theory which basically said, "If South Vietnam falls, all of Europe falls." Needless to say, they were all wrong. The South fell and Europe didn't.

To: longnshort who wrote (1226788)	5/4/2020 2:08:58 PM
From: Jamie153	1 Recommendation Recommended By sylvester80 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578092

Googled it. "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]" en.wikipedia.org