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The '''Domino theory''' was a phrase that became popular during the administration of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. According to this theory, once nations such as Vietnam fell to communism, other countries of Asia would fall like a row of standing dominos, one after the other, each knocking the next over.
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The Domino Theory was a theory that believed that if a country came under the influence of Communists there would follow a “domino effect” that would spread communism to other nearby countries.  This theory drove foreign policy in the 20th Century.  The theory was first advanced during Harry S. Truman’s presidency.  The '''Domino theory''' was a phrase that became popular during the administration of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. According to this theory, once nations such as Vietnam fell to communism, other countries of Asia would fall like a row of standing dominos, one after the other, each knocking the next over.
    
==In the 1950s and the Vietnam War==
 
==In the 1950s and the Vietnam War==
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