If South Vietnam fell, then it's next door neighbor Cambodia would fall, then Laos, then Thailand, then Burma, Pakistan, India, etc.
There is no difference. It would have been more difficult to get involved in Vietnam WITHOUT the domino theory.
the vietnam war
The domino Effect is a phenomenon where a chain of consequences is created by a single event. As in a line of dominos, where 1 domino is struck, others fall as a consequence of the original action. As it pertains to the Vietnam war, the domino effect was the theory that the US government used to justify its intervention in Vietnam. The position of the pro-war, anti-communist advisers in the government was that if Vietnam was allowed to "fall" to communism, this would set off a 'domino effect' whereby first neighboring countries such as Laos, Cambodia and Thailand would fall into communist revolution, and by extension countries further afield would be overtaken as the global communist revolutionary movement gained momentum. According to this line of thinking, to stop communism in Vietnam was to stop the world from falling into communist control. This theory is disproved, as we know Communist North Vietnam defeated US forces, but this did not result in a domino effect of neighboring countries becoming communist.
The U.S. always putting their nose where it doesn't belong. They didn't want communism to take over from North to South Vietnam. Then the US lied about one of our boats being attacked which gave us the reason to turn from advisors to groud troops.
He introduced the first US Military Advisers to the country, intelligence support and Air America.
There is no difference. It would have been more difficult to get involved in Vietnam WITHOUT the domino theory.
Vietnam was a domino in domino theory if communist expansion
the vietnam war
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North Vietnam's victory over South Vietnam
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The Domino Theory
The victory of Communist North Vietnam over South Vietnam. A+
The Vietnam war
It caused hiim to get involved in the Vietnam War
Based on his strong support for the war in Vietnam, he must have had at least some belief that the domino theory was valid.
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