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Article: Domino theory fails again to match reality.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- March 7, 1998
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Those of us who can remember the Vietnam War for those who cannot, it was one of the more unnecessary wars we may recall the mumbo jumbo that underlay America's thinking in staying with a disastrous campaign for so long.
It was called the Domino Theory and proved as flawed in its logic as did the supposition that the Cold War would continue indefinitely.
In short, the Americans felt they had to hold the line at all costs in South Vietnam because if it succumbed to communism then a host of other Far East countries would follow.
If you lost Vietnam, ...