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An Overview of Foreign Interventions by the United States

Introduction The United States (US) has been involved in numerous foreign interventions throughout its history. By the broadest definition of military intervention, the US 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. The objectives for… Read More

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On This Day…

02 December 1823: US president James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine, a proclamation of opposition to European colonialism in the New World. 02 December 1852: Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte established the Second French Empire, declaring himself Emperor of the French as Napoleon III. 02 December 1950: Korean War: With the conclusion of the Battle of the Ch’ongch’on… Read More