it justified it because NATO didnt want communism in all of southern Asia.What we belived was that if we did nothing, communism would go through Asia and eventually the world.
Vietnam
The Domino Theory was the driving force behind the Kennedy administrations actions in Vietnam.
its actually social Darwinism :)
The Domino Theory
They wanted to 'contain' communism to stop it spreading. They believed in the domino theory, that if Vietnam fell to communism, then so would the whole of Southeast Asia. The presidents who were involved in Vietnam were all concerned with looking tough against communism, and wanted America to appear like a strong nation. The 'quagmire theory' helps explain why successive presidents became increasingly involved; this is the belief that the US got slowly stuck in Vietnam, and it became harder and harder to withdraw commitment.
The Domino Theory was a political hypothesis used to justify intervention in the Vietnam War. The theory states that if one country fell to communism, then the surrounding countries would also fall to communism.
He introduced the first US Military Advisers to the country, intelligence support and Air America.
it justified it because NATO didnt want communism in all of southern Asia.What we belived was that if we did nothing, communism would go through Asia and eventually the world.
The Domino theory was that if one country became communist, the countries surrounding it would become communist as well. It was a theory used in America during the Cold War to justify American intervention in other countries.
The theory that the ends justify the means?
The U.S. always putting their nose where it doesn't belong. They didn't want communism to take over from North to South Vietnam. Then the US lied about one of our boats being attacked which gave us the reason to turn from advisors to groud troops.
Vietnam
They justified secession with the theory of states' rights.
The united states had supported France in Vietnam. With the defeat of the french, the United States saw a rising threat to the rest of asia. President Eisenhower described this threat in terms of the domino theory.
There is no difference. It would have been more difficult to get involved in Vietnam WITHOUT the domino theory.
North Vietnam's victory over South Vietnam