Eisenhower became expansive, and in some of his most famous words, asserted the viability of the domino theory. “First of all, you have the specific value of a locality in its production of materials that the world needs,” he began. “Then you have the possibility that many human beings pass under a dictatorship that is inimical to the free world. Finally, 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
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