re: What was the point of the Cold War?

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Then starting with China in 1949, communism be gain to spread in Southeast Asia. This lead to wars in both Korea and Vietnam. Communists also seized control in Cambodia. At one point it looked like all of Southeast Asia would fall to the Communists.

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You should pick up the book Embers of war, very comprehensive although you could tell some left leaning when referring to certain aspects, but all history is told from some view point. All in all it was very informative. Possibly one of the top five I've read.

But in it it points out the certain neuances in the different communist enclaves and you see that in hind site sometimes there wasn't as much Soviet influence as the States at the time wanted you to believe. The Domino theory was a real thing but not something that was some well executed plan.