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[quote=DODGER,257860]Griz,
You are probably right in your assumption that the French return to what was then know as French Indo China is not widely known.
Ho Chi Minh studied in Paris and returned a fully fledge communist..
The French government’s track record in administering their colonies is not a good one. North Africa comes to mind.
As to the Domino theory, IMO fact more than theory.
Malaya as it was known as at the time came under attached by communist guerillas just after the last War.  It lasted into the late 50’s
Singapore now exists today as we know it because the communists failed.
The Borneo confrontation in the mid sixties when Indonesia tried to take over the other half of the island.
There are many other examples of small scale attack probing to see if there was any weakness in the West’s resolve to defend it’s self
Lenin did admit just after the October revolution that unless they could convert the rest of the world to communism it would ultimately fail.
My closing observation on the Vietnam war is why did the Vietnamese from the south want to flee paradise for the safety of leaky boats?
Dodger.
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