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International relations

the Cold War belief that one country's fall to communism would trigger neighbors' fall, central to the Vietnam commitment.

In international relations, domino theory refers to the Cold War belief that one country's fall to communism would trigger neighbors' fall, central to the Vietnam commitment. This meaning comes from Slater (1993) in Security Studies.[1]

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References

Slater, J. (1993). The Domino Theory and International Politics: The Case of Vietnam. Security Studies, 3(2), 186-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/09636419309347547

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