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Was the Domino Theory Wrong. Communist Internationalism and the Vietnam War.


ADA309186

Publication Date 1996
Personal Author Langridge, D. L.
Page Count 35
Abstract In the spring of 1995, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said he now believes that the domino theory was wrong. The domino theory was the basis for the United States' national strategy of containment and the reason for entering the Vietnam War. This study will examine issues that support the concern for the domino theory and the need for the containment strategy. Topics that are developed include the situation of Southeast Asia, communist ideology, capability and investment, and the views of the leadership of North Vietnam. This analysis of the domino theory and the containment strategy includes an explanation on why the domino theory, although initially true, lost credibility in the 1970s.
Keywords
  • Military history
  • Military strategy
  • Theory
  • Containment(General)
  • Communism
  • Department of defense
  • Decision making
  • Leadership
  • International politics
  • Failure
  • Military capabilities
  • Judgement(Psychology)
  • Southeast asia
  • North vietnam
  • Domino theory
  • Vietnam war
  • Mcnamara robert
Source Agency
  • Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category
  • 92D - Education, Law, & Humanities
  • 74G - Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics
Corporate Authors Army War Coll., Carlisle Barracks, PA.
Document Type Technical Report
Title Note Strategy research rept.
NTIS Issue Number 199620
Was the Domino Theory Wrong. Communist Internationalism and the Vietnam War.
Was the Domino Theory Wrong. Communist Internationalism and the Vietnam War.
ADA309186

  • Military history
  • Military strategy
  • Theory
  • Containment(General)
  • Communism
  • Department of defense
  • Decision making
  • Leadership
  • International politics
  • Failure
  • Military capabilities
  • Judgement(Psychology)
  • Southeast asia
  • North vietnam
  • Domino theory
  • Vietnam war
  • Mcnamara robert
  • Non Paid ADAS
  • 92D - Education, Law, & Humanities
  • 74G - Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics
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