The Domino Theory During The Cold War

Cold War

The Domino theory from 1950s to the 1980s. The Domino theory was a theory if you take down the leader the one in control, then the rest of them will fall as well. It was a strategy from the U.S. to Southeast Asia, if Southeast Asia fell so will Vietnam, laos, and so on. It was a theory that helped in the Cold War yet it did however have things come up. Many wonder what the Domino theory was about and who came up with the idea. Well with the Domino fall other plans came up first was the early conflict in Vietnam, then the course of Vietnam went through, the assassination of President Kennedy, height of the Vietnam War and Tet Offensive, also was the U.S. military withdrawal from SE Asia, and lastly the Cambodian genocide under Pol Pot.

The Vietnamese were on the verge of winning a victory against French forces at the battle of Dien Bien Phu. May 1945, the communist and national army defeated French troops in battle and took control of North Vietnam. The Dien Bien Phu is a city in the northwestern region in Vietnam. The French colonial government clashes with rebels in the Southeast Asian nation. By early 1954, many U.S. policymakers that the French were failing in their attempts to re-establish colonial control in Indochina. Governments feared communism might spread throughout the whole Southeast Asia. If communism was not stopped in Vietnam it would of spread throughout the whole nation. Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese Communist leader. Ho Chi Minh was the North Vietnamese leader who helped defeat the French at the battle. There was also, the conflict North and South Vietnam had. They worried about the spread of