After Polarity in International Relataions

... international politics. States were expected to threaten war and go to war in pursuit of their national interests. War was, as von Clausewitz writes, only a “continuation of state policy by other means.” (1874). This changed, largely as a result ... ... over by military conquest or by a communist revolution or coup, and communists took part in military actions. According to the Domino Theory, first advanced during Truman’s presidency, if a country came under the influence of Communists a “domino ...