Problem: The text is an excerpt from a news conference delivered by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954. "Finally, you have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the "falling domino" principle. You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have a beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences." The text refers to the United States's effort to - stop the spread of communism. avoid igniting another World War. desegregate the United States military. promote the spread of democracy abroad. Need Assignment Help?