1954 in the Vietnam War 5 April The National Security Council met again to consider U.S. intervention at Điện Biên Phủ. The Army, including Army Chief of Staff General Matthew Ridgway, was negative, stating that U.S. intervention would require 7 army divisions and heavy air support. 7 April President Eisenhower used the phrase "falling dominoes" in a press conference. This was the origin of the domino theory which postulated that if Vietnam became communist the other nearby states would soon follow. The domino theory was a prominent justification for the Vietnam War in the United States during the 1960s. 14 April Secretary of State John
The Internet during the Cold War too far behind the Soviet Union. To help prevent nuclear attack, enhance the United States technology, and ensure the safety of the people the ARPAnet was created by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, later DARPA), a branch of the military that developed top secret systems and weapons during the Cold War. Although the internet that we know of today differs greatly from the ARPAnet, it served its purpose of preventing a nuclear strike well. The internet is sometimes considered, "A Child of the Cold War" or "The Cold War's Baby." Four computers were the first connected in the original