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...Domino Theory...
...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...
...Domino Theory. For so long, the cold war was waged on the basis of seemingly eternal verities. Communism was a monolith and therefore all the more powerful, dangerous-and, for some reason, efficient. The domino theory guided U.S. foreign policy. If Greece fell, so would Turkey, then most of the Middle East. If Laos went, so, like a row of dominoes, would South Viet Nam, Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia. Any Communist action had to be met instantly and decisively by Western reaction. All this led to a certain predictability of policy...
...word, Thailand's Premier Sarit Thanarat was a man. A bluff, hard-wenching, hard-drinking soldier, Sarit was also a masterly pro-Western politician who stabilized Thailand's chaotic government and sagging economy, rooted out official corruption and cracked down hard on Communist infiltration. In the "domino" view of Southeast Asia, according to which the collapse of one country could knock over all the others, Thailand alone stood firm, surrounded by tottering neighbors-Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Burma. When Sarit died last week at 55, the U.S. for the first time in five years was forced to worry...
...Netherlands, and from there came Catharine Ladders, 21, last year's Miss World, who will become the bride next year of Hip Swinger Chubby Checker, 22. The future Mrs. Ernest Evans (Chubby's real name; the stage handle was chosen in frank imitation of Fats Domino) met her husband-to-be while he was doing a show in the Philippines last January. "He's different," she says. "He's the quiet type, and I like the way he hums around." Now that was a twist, and it brought a response in kind from Chubby...