Tag: domino theory

• An April Shower of Dominoes: 40 Year Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War

  April 30, 2015 marks the official end to the Vietnam War. April 1975 was as sobering month for the Washington crowd who foolishly hung on to the ideals of the Truman Doctrine. When the South Vietnamese government surrendered Saigon, it completed a remarkable run of luck for the communist rebel groups of Southeast Asia. Within…

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  April 30, 2015

  History & Culture

  April 30 1975, domino theory, fall of saigon, john foster dulles, khmer rouge, pathet lao, viet cong, Vietnam War

• Top Eight Cold War Issues

  In my history class, I decided to mix things up and try something different this year when dealing with the Cold War. We decided to create a “TV Series” entitled “Cold War Episodes” in which we outlined the biggest issues and events that everyone should know about the Cold War. At some point, I’ll probably…

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  March 22, 2015

  History & Culture

  1950s, 1960s, bay of pigs, cuba, domino theory, iron curtain, mccarthyism, teaching about the cold war, the cold war, top 8 events of the cold war