You have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the "falling domino" principle. You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have a beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences. But when we come to the possible sequence of events, the loss of Indochina, of Burma, of Thailand, of the Peninsula, and Indonesia following, now you begin to talk about areas that not only multiply the disadvantages that you would suffer through loss of materials, sources of materials, but now you are talking really about millions and millions and millions of people.
Which TWO events would Eisenhower and subsequent administrations view as confirmation of the "domino theory" described above?
A.
the fall of nationalist China to communist forces in 1949
B.
the arms reductions agreements between USSR and the USA in the 1970s
C.
the alliance between the Soviet Union and the United States that began in 1941
D.
the rise of a communist regime in North Vietnam in 1954
E.
the reunification of East Germany and West Germany in 1991
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Eisenhower and subsequent administrations would likely view the following two events as confirmation of the "domino theory":
A. the fall of nationalist China to communist forces in 1949
D. the rise of a communist regime in North Vietnam in 1954
These events exemplify the concerns about the spread of communism and the potential for neighboring countries to fall under communist influence, which aligns with the "falling domino" principle described by Eisenhower.
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