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 ...

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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.

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.

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.