What is the Domino Theory and why is it important?

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the domino theory was the theory that once something happens, it leads to a certain series of events.
in the cold war, the domino theory was the threat of the spread of communism throughout the world. once a country falls to communism, it was said that soon after, its neighbouring countries would also fall.
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