But the anniversary of the Korean War, which began 70 years ago this week, reminds us that the domino theory was rooted in key realities of international affairs. And it alerts us that domino ...

One of the great Cold War theories. for the United States was the so-called Domino theory. I'm historian Michael Kimmage. Let's answer your questions from the internet.

Remember the Cold War domino theory, which held that if one country fell to Communism, its neighbors would follow, one by one? Well, a similar theory may be taking hold in Washington amid the ...

Fifty years after the communist victory in Vietnam, the old domino theory seems to have been definitively replaced by a deeper conflict determined by history, power, and geography.

A domino theory for capitalism? Commentator Robert Reich argues that the United States may be on the brink of another Cold War — but the enemy this time isn't Communism.

You do. I do. The domino theory, you know, if Vietnam goes, China, da, da, da, da, ... Cold War fears of what would happen if colonialism were replaced with communism was running high. ...

This theory gained currency during the height of the Cold War to argue for and justify American interventionism across the globe, especially in Southeast Asia, and Central America in the 1980s. It ...

Years ago, as cold warriors went about justifying America’s war in Southeast Asia, a common train of logic was known as the domino theory. This held that the communists could not be allowed to ...

We all know what happened next. In March 1939, Hitler’s army took over the rest of Czechoslovakia. Poland then fell in September, and World War II began in earnest.

But the anniversary of the Korean War, which began 70 years ago this week, reminds us that the domino theory was rooted in key realities of international affairs.