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-The '''Domino Theory''' states that the spread of [[communism]] to one state inevitable leads to the spread of communism to another. Due to the similar authoritarian nature of the two ideologues, the Domino Theory is today applied to the spread of radical [[Islam]]. <ref>http://www.emergency.com/domino.htm</ref>
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-The Domino Theory was used as one of the [[United States]] justifications for intervening in South [[Vietnam]]; in an attempt to stop the spread of [[communism]]. According to the theory the clasped of South Vietnam would also lead to other countries in the region such as [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Burma]], [[Malaysia]] and [[Indonesia]], falling to communism as well. <ref>http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDdomino.htm</ref>
-The theory was formulated by President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and used by President [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/domino.html</ref>
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