Domino theory Domino theory The domino theory was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s that posited that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. The domino theory was used by successive United States administrations during the Cold War to justify the need for American intervention around the world. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower described the theory during an April 7, 1954, news conference, when referring to communism in Indochina: In 1945, the Soviet Union brought most of the countries of eastern Europe and Central
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