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The Domino Theory: Communism In Vietnam

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While Fowler believes that the Westerners shouldn’t be in Vietnam, Pyle believes that it was the duty of the United States to hold off and contain communism in Vietnam. As Fowler was explaining that the Vietnamese want nothing to do with the war, Pyle begins to interject with “If Indochina goes…” when Fowler cuts him off saying “I know the record. Siam goes. Malaya goes. Indonesia goes” (Greene 86). The Domino Theory is the concept that when one domino falls, it pushes over the next one which pushes the next one and so on. Each country that Fowler mentions represents a domino and if Indochina falls to communism, the rest of the third world countries will follow. The Domino Theory was proven true when in 1949, China fell to the Chinese communist

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