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President Eisenhower believed in the domino theory as applied to world politics, which is the belief that
communism is widely dismissed and doomed to failure.
neighboring countries will rise up against communist ones.
if one country becomes communist, others will follow.
communism will not spread between neighboring countries.

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"If one country becomes communist, others will follow."

Eisenhower used the "domino theory" (notably about Southeast Asia) to argue that the fall of one country to communism would lead neighboring countries to fall in succession, justifying U.S. involvement to prevent that chain reaction.