domino theory
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However, Japan was, and President Truman, in keeping with the domino theory, believed a stable non-communist Korea was necessary to protect Japan.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
What about the influence of the domino theory, a key Cold War doctrine, on his decision-making?
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022
Geoffrey C. Ward’s script has a big-picture historical arc — presidents and generals, battles and negotiations, domino theory and madman theory.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2017
Wells said he and his fellow midshipmen saw the Vietnam War in terms of the domino theory regarding communism in southeast Asia.
From Washington Times • May 20, 2017
Brew said the same thing about the domino theory.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
