domino teorisi

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Definition of domino teorisi in Turkish English dictionary

domino theory

the political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control

or domino effect Doctrine of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War, according to which the fall of a noncommunist state to communism would precipitate the fall of other neighbouring noncommunist states. The theory was first enunciated by Pres. Harry Truman, who used it to justify sending U.S. military aid to Greece and Turkey in the late 1940s. Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson invoked it to justify U.S. military involvement in Southeast Asia, especially the prosecution of the Vietnam War

Hyphenation

do·mi·no te·o·ri·si