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Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of many foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars.
The participation of the United States in regime change in Latin America involved US-backed coup d'états which were aimed at replacing left-wing leaders with right-wing leaders, military juntas, or authoritarian regimes. [1] Intervention of an economic and military variety was prevalent during the Cold War.
This is a list of military conflicts, that United States has been involved in. There are currently 121 military conflicts on this list, 5 of which are ongoing. [citation needed] These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War.
The United States government has been involved in numerous interventions in foreign countries throughout its history. The U.S. has engaged in nearly 400 military interventions between 1776 and 2023, with half of these operations occurring since 1950 and over 25% occurring in the post-Cold War period. [1]
in Latin America, The United States, and the Inter-American System (Routledge, 2019) pp. 173–205. Sewell, Bevan. The US and Latin America: Eisenhower, Kennedy and Economic Diplomacy in the Cold War (Bloomsbury, 2015). Smith, Joseph. The United States and Latin America: A History of American Diplomacy, 1776–2000 (Routledge, 2005). Smith, Joseph.
United States military deployments; Foreign policy of the United States; United States Department of Defense; Declaration of war by the United States; Military history of the United States; Foreign interventions by the United States; United States Armed Forces; United States military casualties of war; List of wars involving the United States
On September 6, 2021, the United States evacuated four American citizens (specifically, an Amarillo, Texas woman and her three children) from Afghanistan via an overland route, marking the first overland evacuation facilitated by the US Department of State since the military withdrawal. The Taliban was aware of the evacuation and did not make ...
This category includes historical wars in which the United States of America (1776–present) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. These are the wars in which the United States of America was a primary participant.