Word: domino
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Warning against the misuse of "misleading mechanical metaphors" like the Domino Theory, Bundy nonetheless parried the jabs of his questioners. He sketched a tableau of U.S. interests in South East Asia that was for the most part similar to the picture created by numerous government press releases in the past months...
...Domino theory, deterrent theory. Henry Kissinger, what is truth? "You're fighting for me," I said. "I'm safe. I don't even know what's going on over there. When I say I respect you for it I mean it. Maybe I'm just a snotty college kid, but I mean...
...Domino Theory...
...first argument, the so-called "domino theory," represents logic stood on its head. Government succumb to rebellions if they are weak and unpopular. If we are concerned that Thailand, Malaysia etc., will fall to the Communists, we should attempt to make them strong, stable countries by offering large-scale economic aid and encouraging political reform. Our futile attempts to prop up backward governments in South Vietnam will not save governments in Southeast Asia, if they too are backward...
...possibility of direct action against North Viet Nam if it becomes necessary. Just what that action might be was no clearer than before. But it has been clear for a long time what would happen if South Viet Nam gave way to Communism: the reaction described by the famous "domino theory" would undoubtedly...