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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.9908 cm} x{2.9862 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Domino Theory}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Definition}} & The Domino Theory was the Cold War belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow like a row of dominoes. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Origins}} & Popularised by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 in reference to Southeast Asia (especially Vietnam). \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Function}} & Used to justify US intervention globally — not only militarily, but also politically, economically, and psychologically. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Psychological Dimension}} & Containment was not just about stopping tanks or missiles, but also about stopping the spread of ideology (communism as an infectious idea). \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Psychological Warfare and the Domino Theory}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Domino Theory assumed communism spread through influence, persuasion, and indoctrination — not just conquest.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{This meant controlling minds became as important as controlling territory.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} If communism could "infect" populations, then the US had to develop ways to: & Resist enemy propaganda. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & Break the will of communist agents. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Potentially reprogram or counter-brainwash individuals. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.33919 cm} x{2.63781 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{MKULTRA's Relevance to the Domino Theory}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Fear of Communist Brainwashing:}} & US POWs in the Korean War sometimes confessed to war crimes or adopted pro-communist positions. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Seen in the West as proof of Chinese and Soviet "mind control." \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & If individuals could be "turned," entire societies could fall — the Domino Theory at a psychological scale. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{MKULTRA as Containment:}} & While the Domino Theory drove military interventions (Korea, Vietnam), MKULTRA was the covert scientific counterpart, aiming to defend against ideological contagion. \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 8) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & If communism could spread psychologically, then the US needed to harden the mind or develop ways to undo enemy influence. \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.38896 cm} x{2.58804 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{MKULTRA as a Tool of Domino Logic}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Preventing Dominoes from Falling:}} & By developing interrogation and reprogramming methods, CIA hoped to prevent communist infiltration from destabilizing allied nations. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Example: Identifying and breaking "double agents" or reconditioning defectors. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Offensive Potential:}} & Some MKULTRA concepts aimed not just at defense but at turning the dominoes back. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & Ideas like using LSD or psychological disruption on enemy populations/leaders aligned with the logic of stopping communism before it spread. \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 7) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Vietnam and Psychological War:}} & Domino Theory was the rationale for US involvement in Vietnam. \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & At the same time, MKULTRA research on torture, sensory deprivation, and psychological stress fed into interrogation and counterinsurgency tactics (e.g., CIA's Phoenix Program in Vietnam). \tn % Row Count 38 (+ 10) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Domino Theory, MKULTRA, and Cold War Paranoia}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Both rested on fear of uncontrollable spread: & Domino Theory: Communism spreads geographically and ideologically. \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & MKULTRA: Brainwashing spreads individually and socially. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Both fostered a zero-sum mentality: & If the US didn't act, the Soviets/Chinese would gain decisive advantage. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Both justified extraordinary measures: & Domino Theory justified wars in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & MKULTRA justified secret experiments on civilians, prisoners, and patients. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Historical Consequences}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Domino Theory proved flawed:}} & While Vietnam fell in 1975, other Southeast Asian nations did not uniformly follow. \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{MKULTRA proved unreliable:}} & No consistent "mind control" methods were found. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Shared Legacy:}} & Both demonstrate how Cold War fears amplified into policies that were: Strategically questionable, Ethically troubling \& Driven more by paranoia than by evidence. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 8) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Key Takeaways}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Domino Theory and MKULTRA were both products of Cold War containment logic.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Domino Theory focused on political/military containment; MKULTRA focused on psychological containment.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Both were rooted in the belief that communism was not just a military force but a mental and cultural contagion.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Both show how Cold War paranoia blurred the line between legitimate defense and extreme experimentation.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) 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