United States imperialism - Revision history

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	'''United States imperialism''' consists of ~~policies aimed at extending~~ the ~~economic, political, cultural and military influence of~~ the [[United States of America]] ~~over areas beyond~~ its ~~boundaries, especially considering~~ the [[~~Marxism~~\|~~Marxist~~]] ~~definition of [[imperialism]] as originally defined by~~ [[Vladimir ~~Lenin\|~~Lenin]], but ~~other aspects~~ of ~~imperialism as well, such as military operations~~ and economic ~~terrorism~~.		'''United States imperialism''' consists of the acts undertaken abroad by the [[United States of America]] since its inception to consolidate its place as the prime [[Imperialism\|imperial]] power in the world and forcibly open markets in the world for its own monopolies and cartels to become the dominant economic force in the world.<ref name=":02">{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|title=Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism\|chapter=Chapter 1: Concentration of production and monopolies\|quote=Thus, the principal stages in the history of monopolies are the following: (1) 1860-70, the highest stage, the apex of development of free competition; monopoly is in the barely discernible, embryonic stage. (2) After the crisis of 1873, a lengthy period of development of cartels; but they are still the exception. They are not yet durable. They are still a transitory phenomenon. (3) The boom at the end of the nineteenth century and the crisis of 1900-03. Cartels become one of the foundations of the whole of economic life. Capitalism has been transformed into imperialism.\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/index.htm}}</ref>

	Doctrines followed (and sometimes proposed by the [[Government of the United States of America\|U.S. government]] itself since its inception) such as [[Manifest Destiny]], the [[Monroe Doctrine]], the [[Roosevelt Corollary]], the [[Big Stick]], the [[Wolfowitz Doctrine]], the [[National Security Doctrine]], etc. and events such as the conquest of the west, the [[Mexican–Statesian War\|Mexican war]], the banana wars, the [[Spanish–Statesian War\|Spanish-Cuban-Statesian war]] and, more recently, the [[Vietnam War]], the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|U.S. blockade]] against [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]], the [[war in Afghanistan]], etc. have made "American imperialism" a term accepted by the greater part of the international community.		Doctrines followed (and sometimes proposed by the [[Government of the United States of America\|U.S. government]] itself since its inception) such as [[Manifest Destiny]], the [[Monroe Doctrine]], the [[Roosevelt Corollary]], the [[Big Stick]], the [[Wolfowitz Doctrine]], the [[National Security Doctrine]], etc. and events such as the conquest of the west, the [[Mexican–Statesian War\|Mexican war]], the banana wars, the [[Spanish–Statesian War\|Spanish-Cuban-Statesian war]] and, more recently, the [[Vietnam War]], the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|U.S. blockade]] against [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]], the [[war in Afghanistan]], etc. have made "American imperialism" a term accepted by the greater part of the international community.

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	* ''[[Library:Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower\|Rogue State]]''		* ''[[Library:Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower\|Rogue State]]''
	* ''[[Library:The United States of War\|The United States of War]]''		* ''[[Library:The United States of War\|The United States of War]]''
			* ''[[Library:Washington Bullets\|Washington Bullets]]''

	== References ==		== References ==

Ledlecreeper27: Further reading

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WW2 bases

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	[[File:US military bases map.png\|thumb\|374x374px\|Map of U.S. military bases and naval fleets]]		[[File:US military bases map.png\|thumb\|374x374px\|Map of U.S. military bases and naval fleets]]
	[[File:Hawaiian independence protest.png\|thumb\|Hawaiians protesting against the US occupation of their nation]]		[[File:Hawaiian independence protest.png\|thumb\|Hawaiians protesting against the US occupation of their nation]]
	The United States has 750 military bases around the world in at least 80 countries. It also has 173,000 troops deployed in foreign countries. The country with the most U.S. military presence besides the U.S. itself is [[Japan]], with 120 bases and over 53,000 troops. Japan is followed by [[Federal Republic of Germany\|Germany]] and then [[Republic of Korea\|south Korea]].<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]\|title=Mapping U.S. Imperialism\|date=2022-06-06\|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614004514/https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-date=2022-06-14\|retrieved=2022-06-17}}</ref>		The United States has 750 military bases around the world in at least 80 countries. It also has 173,000 troops deployed in foreign countries. The country with the most U.S. military presence besides the U.S. itself is [[Japan]], with 120 bases and over 53,000 troops. Japan is followed by [[Federal Republic of Germany\|Germany]] and then [[Republic of Korea\|south Korea]].<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]\|title=Mapping U.S. Imperialism\|date=2022-06-06\|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614004514/https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-date=2022-06-14\|retrieved=2022-06-17}}</ref>

			During the Second World War, the USA relied mainly on local workers to build its bases and worked for as low as 10 cents per day or were paid in food rations. The Navy built 288 bases in the Atlantic Ocean, 195 in the Pacific, and 11 in the Indian Ocean.<ref name=":02222">{{Citation\|author=David Vine\|year=2020\|title=The United States of War\|chapter=Empire of Bases\|page=248–9\|city=Oakland\|publisher=University of California Press\|isbn=9780520972070\|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05}}</ref>

	In addition to having bases and troops in South Korea, the U.S. military has maintained command over the South Korean military since the Korean War in the 1950s. South Korea has operational control of its military under armistice conditions, but the United States would take over in wartime, and the U.S. combatant commander would be able to direct, organize, employ, assign command functions to, or suspend the duty of subordinate South Korean commanders and forces. In essence, if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea would supply the overwhelming majority of the fighting force, which would then be placed under U.S. operational control.<ref>Swanström, N. (2021, April 27). ''Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea''. Institute for Security and Development Policy. <nowiki>https://isdp.eu/publication/not-a-sovereignty-issue-understanding-the-transition-of-military-operational-control-between-the-united-states-and-south-korea/</nowiki></ref><ref>[["Combined Forces Command". United States Forces Korea. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28.\|"Combined Forces Command"]]. ''United States Forces Korea''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220728035053/https://www.usfk.mil/About/CFC/ Archived] from the original on 2022-07-28.</ref><ref>Kelly, R. E. (2017, February 27). ''Why US control of the South Korean military is here to stay''. The Interpreter. <nowiki>https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-us-control-south-korean-military-here-stay</nowiki></ref>		In addition to having bases and troops in South Korea, the U.S. military has maintained command over the South Korean military since the Korean War in the 1950s. South Korea has operational control of its military under armistice conditions, but the United States would take over in wartime, and the U.S. combatant commander would be able to direct, organize, employ, assign command functions to, or suspend the duty of subordinate South Korean commanders and forces. In essence, if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea would supply the overwhelming majority of the fighting force, which would then be placed under U.S. operational control.<ref>Swanström, N. (2021, April 27). ''Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea''. Institute for Security and Development Policy. <nowiki>https://isdp.eu/publication/not-a-sovereignty-issue-understanding-the-transition-of-military-operational-control-between-the-united-states-and-south-korea/</nowiki></ref><ref>[["Combined Forces Command". United States Forces Korea. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28.\|"Combined Forces Command"]]. ''United States Forces Korea''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220728035053/https://www.usfk.mil/About/CFC/ Archived] from the original on 2022-07-28.</ref><ref>Kelly, R. E. (2017, February 27). ''Why US control of the South Korean military is here to stay''. The Interpreter. <nowiki>https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-us-control-south-korean-military-here-stay</nowiki></ref>

Ledlecreeper27: Central America

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Central America

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	=== Early history ===		=== Early history ===
	''See: [[List of atrocities commited by the United States of America#Genocide of indigenous peoples of the United States]]''		<blockquote>''See also: [[List of atrocities commited by the United States of America#Genocide of indigenous peoples of the United States]]''</blockquote>[[File:USA settler expansion.png\|thumb\|Annexation of native land starting in 1783]]
	[[File:USA settler expansion.png\|thumb\|Annexation of native land starting in 1783]]
	In its early existence, the United States was focused on [[Settler colonialism\|settler-colonial]] expansion across the [[North America\|North American]] continent through acts of genocide against the indigenous North American people, in order to secure ever-increasing amounts of territory and natural resources for the Euro-American settlers. Accompanying this process was the U.S. involvement in and perpetuation of the Atlantic [[Slavery\|slave]] trade, a lengthy period in which enslaved [[Africa\|African]] peoples were brought to the Americas to be used and exchanged as property by Euro-American settlers in order to work on the lands which were being methodically wrested from the indigenous population.		In its early existence, the United States was focused on [[Settler colonialism\|settler-colonial]] expansion across the [[North America\|North American]] continent through acts of genocide against the indigenous North American people, in order to secure ever-increasing amounts of territory and natural resources for the Euro-American settlers. Accompanying this process was the U.S. involvement in and perpetuation of the Atlantic [[Slavery\|slave]] trade, a lengthy period in which enslaved [[Africa\|African]] peoples were brought to the Americas to be used and exchanged as property by Euro-American settlers in order to work on the lands which were being methodically wrested from the indigenous population.

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	=== First World War ===		=== First World War ===
	{{Main article\|First World War}}		{{Main article\|First World War}}The United States occupied Cuba from 1906 to 1909, in 1912, and from 1917 to 1922. It occupied the [[Dominican Republic]] in 1903, 1904, and 1914 and from 1916 to 1924; [[Republic of Haiti\|Haiti]] from 1915 to 1934; [[Republic of Honduras\|Honduras]] in 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1920, 1924, and 1925; [[Republic of Nicaragua\|Nicaragua]] from 1909 to 1910 and 1912 to 1933; [[Republic of Guatemala\|Guatemala]] in 1920; [[Republic of Costa Rica\|Costa Rica]] in 1921; and [[Republic of El Salvador\|El Salvador]] in 1932. In 1920, [[Franklin Roosevelt]] said that the USA controlled the votes of all six Central American countries in the proposed [[League of Nations]].<ref name=":0222">{{Citation\|author=David Vine\|year=2020\|title=The United States of War\|chapter=The Military Opens Doors\|page=210–1\|city=Oakland\|publisher=University of California Press\|isbn=9780520972070\|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05}}</ref>

	=== Second World War ===		=== Second World War ===

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	== Death toll ==		== Death toll ==
	''See also: [[List of atrocities commited by the United States of America\|List of atrocities committed by the United States of America]]''		<blockquote>''See also: [[List of atrocities commited by the United States of America\|List of atrocities committed by the United States of America]]''</blockquote>Austin Murphy estimates that U.S. imperialism and [[colonialism]] have intentionally killed over 11 million unarmed civilians, including five million indigenous people, a million [[Republic of the Philippines\|Filipinos]], 500,000 [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|German]] and [[Empire of Japan (1868–1947)\|Japanese]] people, over 500,000 [[Indonesia\|Indonesians]], over a million each of [[Vietnam\|Vietnamese]], [[Iraq\|Iraqis]], and [[Korea\|Koreans]], and over 500,000 [[Cambodia\|Cambodians]]. This is a low estimate and Murphy acknowledges that the deaths of indigenous people in North America alone is over 18 million.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|author=Austin Murphy\|year=2000\|title=The Triumph of Evil\|chapter=Introduction\|page=22–24, 37–40\|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf\|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing\|isbn=8883980026}}</ref>

	Austin Murphy estimates that U.S. imperialism and [[colonialism]] have intentionally killed over 11 million unarmed civilians, including five million indigenous people, a million [[Republic of the Philippines\|Filipinos]], 500,000 [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|German]] and [[Empire of Japan (1868–1947)\|Japanese]] people, over 500,000 [[Indonesia\|Indonesians]], over a million each of [[Vietnam\|Vietnamese]], [[Iraq\|Iraqis]], and [[Korea\|Koreans]], and over 500,000 [[Cambodia\|Cambodians]]. This is a low estimate and Murphy acknowledges that the deaths of indigenous people in North America alone is over 18 million.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|author=Austin Murphy\|year=2000\|title=The Triumph of Evil\|chapter=Introduction\|page=22–24, 37–40\|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf\|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing\|isbn=8883980026}}</ref>

	== Military bases ==		== Military bases ==
	[[File:US military bases.png\|thumb\|Map of U.S. military bases and troops deployed abroad.\|374x374px]]		[[File:US military bases.png\|thumb\|Map of U.S. military bases and troops deployed abroad.\|374x374px]]
	The United States has 750 military bases around the world in at least 80 countries. It also has 173,000 troops deployed in foreign countries. The country with the most U.S. military presence besides the U.S. itself is [[Japan]], with 120 bases and over 53,000 troops. Japan is followed by [[Federal Republic of Germany\|Germany]] and then [[Republic of Korea\|~~South~~ Korea]].<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]\|title=Mapping U.S. Imperialism\|date=2022-06-06\|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614004514/https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-date=2022-06-14\|retrieved=2022-06-17}}</ref>		[[File:US military bases map.png\|thumb\|374x374px\|Map of U.S. military bases and naval fleets]]
			[[File:Hawaiian independence protest.png\|thumb\|Hawaiians protesting against the US occupation of their nation]]
			The United States has 750 military bases around the world in at least 80 countries. It also has 173,000 troops deployed in foreign countries. The country with the most U.S. military presence besides the U.S. itself is [[Japan]], with 120 bases and over 53,000 troops. Japan is followed by [[Federal Republic of Germany\|Germany]] and then [[Republic of Korea\|south Korea]].<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]\|title=Mapping U.S. Imperialism\|date=2022-06-06\|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614004514/https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-date=2022-06-14\|retrieved=2022-06-17}}</ref>

	In addition to having bases and troops in South Korea, the U.S. military has maintained command over the South Korean military since the Korean War in the 1950s. South Korea has operational control of its military under armistice conditions, but the United States would take over in wartime, and the U.S. combatant commander would be able to direct, organize, employ, assign command functions to, or suspend the duty of subordinate South Korean commanders and forces. In essence, if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea would supply the overwhelming majority of the fighting force, which would then be placed under U.S. operational control.<ref>Swanström, N. (2021, April 27). ''Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea''. Institute for Security and Development Policy. <nowiki>https://isdp.eu/publication/not-a-sovereignty-issue-understanding-the-transition-of-military-operational-control-between-the-united-states-and-south-korea/</nowiki></ref><ref>[["Combined Forces Command". United States Forces Korea. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28.\|"Combined Forces Command"]]. ''United States Forces Korea''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220728035053/https://www.usfk.mil/About/CFC/ Archived] from the original on 2022-07-28.</ref><ref>Kelly, R. E. (2017, February 27). ''Why US control of the South Korean military is here to stay''. The Interpreter. <nowiki>https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-us-control-south-korean-military-here-stay</nowiki></ref>		In addition to having bases and troops in South Korea, the U.S. military has maintained command over the South Korean military since the Korean War in the 1950s. South Korea has operational control of its military under armistice conditions, but the United States would take over in wartime, and the U.S. combatant commander would be able to direct, organize, employ, assign command functions to, or suspend the duty of subordinate South Korean commanders and forces. In essence, if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea would supply the overwhelming majority of the fighting force, which would then be placed under U.S. operational control.<ref>Swanström, N. (2021, April 27). ''Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea''. Institute for Security and Development Policy. <nowiki>https://isdp.eu/publication/not-a-sovereignty-issue-understanding-the-transition-of-military-operational-control-between-the-united-states-and-south-korea/</nowiki></ref><ref>[["Combined Forces Command". United States Forces Korea. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28.\|"Combined Forces Command"]]. ''United States Forces Korea''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220728035053/https://www.usfk.mil/About/CFC/ Archived] from the original on 2022-07-28.</ref><ref>Kelly, R. E. (2017, February 27). ''Why US control of the South Korean military is here to stay''. The Interpreter. <nowiki>https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-us-control-south-korean-military-here-stay</nowiki></ref>

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			[[File:US wars map.png\|thumb\|370x370px\|Map of U.S. wars and other military actions (coups, assassinations, etc.) since 1776]]
	[[File:US invasion graph.png\|thumb\|363x363px\|Chart of U.S. invasions by region and time period from 1776 to 2017]]		[[File:US invasion graph.png\|thumb\|363x363px\|Chart of U.S. invasions by region and time period from 1776 to 2017]]
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	In Afghanistan, the [[Jimmy Carter\|Carter]] administration began providing covert military assistance to Afghanistan's [[Mujahideen]] in an effort to drive the Soviets out of the nation and to raise the military and political cost of Soviet presence in Afghanistan.		In Afghanistan, the [[Jimmy Carter\|Carter]] administration began providing covert military assistance to Afghanistan's [[Mujahideen]] in an effort to drive the Soviets out of the nation and to raise the military and political cost of Soviet presence in Afghanistan.
			[[File:Activists from the School of Americas Watch engage in protest.jpg\|thumb\|Activists engage in a protest against the training of Latin American officers in [[War crimes\|illegal tactics]] in Ft. Benning, [[Georgia (U.S. State)\|Georgia]]'s Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, commonly (and formerly) known as the [[School of the Americas]] (SOA).<ref>[https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Thousands-Protest-US-Military-Training-at-25th-Annual-SOA-Vigil-20151120-0031.html “US: Thousands Protest Military Training at 25th Annual SOA Vigil.”] Telesurenglish.net. teleSUR. 20 November, 2015. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200117023138/https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Thousands-Protest-US-Military-Training-at-25th-Annual-SOA-Vigil-20151120-0031.html Archived] 2020-01-17.</ref>]]
	Under the [[Reagan Doctrine]] and the regime-change policy of rollback, the United States provided overt and covert aid to anti-communist guerrillas and resistance movements in an effort to "roll back" anti-imperialist governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The doctrine was part of the administration's overall strategy to win the Cold War, after the policy of containment was deemed insufficient and that "rollback" of revolutionary governments was necessary. Neoconservative Jeane Kirkpatrick argued in 1979 that Third World revolutions were illegitimate and the products of Soviet expansion, an example of a common justification for the rollback strategy. According to political analysts Thomas Bodenheimer and Robert Gould, "it was the [[Heritage Foundation]] that translated theory into concrete policy. Heritage targeted nine nations for rollback: Afghanistan, [[Republic of Angola\|Angola]], [[Kingdom of Cambodia\|Cambodia]], [[Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia\|Ethiopia]], [[Islamic Republic of Iran\|Iran]], [[Lao People's Democratic Republic\|Laos]], [[State of Libya\|Libya]], [[Republic of Nicaragua\|Nicaragua]], and [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam\|Vietnam]]".<ref name=":10">Bodenheimer, Thomas; Gould, Robert. [https://archive.org/details/rollbackrightwin00bode/page/82/mode/2up ''Rollback!: Right-wing Power in U.S. Foreign Policy''.] South End Press. 1 July 1999. p. 82. ISBN <bdi>0896083454</bdi>.</ref>		Under the [[Reagan Doctrine]] and the regime-change policy of rollback, the United States provided overt and covert aid to anti-communist guerrillas and resistance movements in an effort to "roll back" anti-imperialist governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The doctrine was part of the administration's overall strategy to win the Cold War, after the policy of containment was deemed insufficient and that "rollback" of revolutionary governments was necessary. Neoconservative Jeane Kirkpatrick argued in 1979 that Third World revolutions were illegitimate and the products of Soviet expansion, an example of a common justification for the rollback strategy. According to political analysts Thomas Bodenheimer and Robert Gould, "it was the [[Heritage Foundation]] that translated theory into concrete policy. Heritage targeted nine nations for rollback: Afghanistan, [[Republic of Angola\|Angola]], [[Kingdom of Cambodia\|Cambodia]], [[Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia\|Ethiopia]], [[Islamic Republic of Iran\|Iran]], [[Lao People's Democratic Republic\|Laos]], [[State of Libya\|Libya]], [[Republic of Nicaragua\|Nicaragua]], and [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam\|Vietnam]]".<ref name=":10">Bodenheimer, Thomas; Gould, Robert. [https://archive.org/details/rollbackrightwin00bode/page/82/mode/2up ''Rollback!: Right-wing Power in U.S. Foreign Policy''.] South End Press. 1 July 1999. p. 82. ISBN <bdi>0896083454</bdi>.</ref>

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By country: Added more information under countries as well as some "see also" links below country names to related articles

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Verda.Majo: added a bit more to cold war history section and put links under Ghana and Democratic Republic of Congo leading to other article sections about CIA backed coups in the respective countries

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	=== Cold War ===		=== Cold War ===
	{{Main article\|Cold War}}		{{Main article\|Cold War}}
	Following the Second World War, the United States set out to create a worldwide imperialist united front to defeat the forces of communism and socialism that had taken state power in numerous countries and sought to place world capitalism under its own hegemonic leadership. Instead of punishing Axis powers [[Japan]] and [[Federal Republic of Germany\|Germany]] after the war, the United States planned to revive their economies and restore the political power of the defeated elites in both countries. The United States occupied Japan and Germany militarily, turning them into bulwarks in a global anti-communist, anti-Soviet front. In 1949, the United States created NATO which grouped all of the imperialist countries of Europe together under the ~~Pentagon’s~~ leadership. The United States extended this new system of anti-communist alliances during the Eisenhower administration (1953-1961) with the creation of SEATO for Southeast Asia (1954) and the Baghdad Pact (CENTO) for the Middle East (1955). Once the Soviet Union had successfully developed its own nuclear weapons program and had, at great economic and social cost to its socialist economy, reached some degree of military equality with the United States, the United States opted for an alternative strategy that it labeled "containment." While containment implied a defensive strategy, in reality this was really a non-stop war against the national liberation movements and a policy of subversion inside the socialist countries. The United States treated every genuine national liberation movement as a potential ally of the USSR. They carried out a multitude of covert wars and other actions to prevent national liberation movements from succeeding and to maintain U.S. hegemony.<ref name=":12" />		Following the Second World War, the United States set out to create a worldwide imperialist united front to defeat the forces of communism and socialism that had taken state power in numerous countries and sought to place world capitalism under its own hegemonic leadership. Instead of punishing Axis powers [[Japan]] and [[Federal Republic of Germany\|Germany]] after the war, the United States planned to revive their economies and restore the political power of the defeated elites in both countries. The United States occupied Japan and Germany militarily, turning them into bulwarks in a global anti-communist, anti-Soviet front.

			In 1949, the United States created NATO which grouped all of the imperialist countries of Europe together under the [[United States Department of Defense\|Pentagon]]’s leadership. The United States extended this new system of anti-communist alliances during the Eisenhower administration (1953-1961) with the creation of SEATO for Southeast Asia (1954) and the Baghdad Pact (CENTO) for the Middle East (1955).

			Once the Soviet Union had successfully developed its own nuclear weapons program and had, at great economic and social cost to its socialist economy, reached some degree of military equality with the United States, the United States opted for an alternative strategy that it labeled "containment." While containment implied a defensive strategy, in reality this was really a non-stop war against the national liberation movements and a policy of subversion inside the socialist countries. The United States treated every genuine national liberation movement as a potential ally of the USSR. They carried out a multitude of covert wars and other actions to prevent national liberation movements from succeeding and to maintain U.S. hegemony.<ref name=":12" />

			In her 1962 book ''Cash and Violence in Laos and Vietnam'', [[Anna Louise Strong]] described U.S. imperialist expansion into the Pacific after the Second World War as falling into three stages:<blockquote>America’s expansion in force into the southwest Pacific began with the defeat of Japan in the second world war. One may note three stages, each taking about five years. In the first stage, in the 1940s, the U.S. took over the Japanese island bases and absorbed properties of Britain and [[French Republic\|France]], its war-time allies. In the second stage, after the rise in 1949 of the Chinese People’s Republic, USSR did not even take back all the territory lost by the Russian tsar in the first world war, while America, by taking the island bases and by the growth of her air and naval power, turned both the Atlantic and Pacific into “American Lakes.” [...] The third stage began with the [[1954 Geneva Conference\|Geneva Agreements of 1954]], which speeded Washington’s take-over of French interests in French Indo-China.<ref name=":14">Anna Louise Strong. ''[https://archive.org/details/anna-louise-strong-cash-and-violence-in-laos-and-vietnam Cash and Violence in Laos and Vietnam]''. 1962.</ref></blockquote>The concept of transforming the Pacific ocean into a "lake" via U.S. dominance of the region, in order to create a "vast moat" to protect the U.S. from its enemies, particularly [[People's Republic of China\|China]], is also referenced in a 1951 speech to U.S. Congress by General [[Douglas MacArthur]].<ref>MacArthur, Douglas. [https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/douglasmacarthurfarewelladdress.htm “American Rhetoric: General Douglas MacArthur -- Farewell Address to Congress.”] Americanrhetoric.com. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221104024041/https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/douglasmacarthurfarewelladdress.htm Archived] 2022-11-04.</ref>

			Strong also explained how the containment policy of the Cold War seamlessly turned into a rationale for crushing any movement against U.S. imperialism by labelling their resistance and desires for sovereignty as communist, saying of the Cold War in 1962 that it "has grown from fever to frenzy, so that to outlaw Communists is proper, to 'contain' Communists by jail or armed cordon is basic strategy, and to kill Communists a holy deed. From this it is a slight step to call any dark-skinned peasants 'Communists' if they refuse to give their country's independence with both hands to America for a military base."<ref name=":14" />

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	=== Cuba ===		=== Cuba ===
	On March 17, 1960, President Eisenhower approved a CIA plan to arm and train Cuban exiles to overthrow [[Fidel Castro]]. Chinese nationalist pilots recruited through CIA-run Civil Air Transport trained Cuban exile pilots. On April 17, 1961, the exiles, with the help of CIA-organized air strikes, landed a force of 1,400 men at the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion\|Bay of Pigs]]. Numerous logistical errors took place resulting in the exiles' rapid defeat by Castro's army. After the Bay of Pigs fiasco, the Kennedy administration redoubled its efforts to get rid of Castro with [[Operation Mongoose]]. The CIA station in Miami became a $50 million per year enterprise with several thousand Cuban exile agents. During the 1960s, Cuba was subjected to countless sea and air commando raids inflicting damage on oil refineries, chemical plants, railroad bridges, sugar mills, and other targets. Several assassination attempts were made on Castro, some involving Mafia figures, utilizing techniques of shooting, bombing, and poisoning.<ref name=":10" /> Meanwhile the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba was designed with the aim of destabilizing Cuba economically in order to increase domestic discontent and spawn insurgent movements.<ref name=":9" /> The US embargo of Cuba is one of the oldest and strictest of all US sanctions regimes, prohibiting nearly all trade, travel, and financial transactions since the early 1960s.<ref name=":4" />		On March 17, 1960, President Eisenhower approved a CIA plan to arm and train Cuban exiles to overthrow [[Fidel Castro]]. Chinese nationalist pilots recruited through CIA-run Civil Air Transport trained Cuban exile pilots. On April 17, 1961, the exiles, with the help of CIA-organized air strikes, landed a force of 1,400 men at the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion\|Bay of Pigs]]. Numerous logistical errors took place resulting in the exiles' rapid defeat by Castro's army. After the Bay of Pigs fiasco, the Kennedy administration redoubled its efforts to get rid of Castro with [[Operation Mongoose]]. The CIA station in Miami became a $50 million per year enterprise with several thousand Cuban exile agents. During the 1960s, Cuba was subjected to countless sea and air commando raids inflicting damage on oil refineries, chemical plants, railroad bridges, sugar mills, and other targets. Several assassination attempts were made on Castro, some involving Mafia figures, utilizing techniques of shooting, bombing, and poisoning.<ref name=":10" /> Meanwhile the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba was designed with the aim of destabilizing Cuba economically in order to increase domestic discontent and spawn insurgent movements.<ref name=":9" /> The US embargo of Cuba is one of the oldest and strictest of all US sanctions regimes, prohibiting nearly all trade, travel, and financial transactions since the early 1960s.<ref name=":4" />

			=== Democratic Republic of the Congo ===
			''See: [[Central Intelligence Agency#Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Patrice Lumumba#United States involvement]]''

	=== Dominican Republic ===		=== Dominican Republic ===
	In the [[Dominican Republic]] in December 1962, liberal [[Juan Bosch]] was elected president with 60 percent of the vote. U.S. President Kennedy initially supported Bosch but turned against him when he initiated modest land reform and minor nationalizations. According to authors Bodenheimer and Gould, "In fact, Bosch was supportive of foreign investment, and was opposed by the communists as overly friendly to the United States. Because of Bosch's apparent independence in a nation long under tight U.S. control, a press campaign was started against Bosch, inaccurately linking him with communists. Kennedy turned off any new aid to the Bosch government; the CIA and U.S. military were in contact with right-wing military officers opposing Bosch. The CIA-created union federation publicly supported a coup against Bosch." In September 1963, after only seven months in office, Bosch was overthrown and Colonel [[Elías Wessin y Wessin]] took over. Less than two years later, growing dissatisfaction generated another military rebellion on 24 April 1965 that demanded Bosch's restoration. The United States dispatched 23,000 troops, which the [[Lyndon B. Johnson\|Johnson]] administration justified as being necessary to prevent the spread of communism. The Marines occupied the country until a sufficiently pro-U.S. government could be found to take over.<ref name=":10" />		In the [[Dominican Republic]] in December 1962, liberal [[Juan Bosch]] was elected president with 60 percent of the vote. U.S. President Kennedy initially supported Bosch but turned against him when he initiated modest land reform and minor nationalizations. According to authors Bodenheimer and Gould, "In fact, Bosch was supportive of foreign investment, and was opposed by the communists as overly friendly to the United States. Because of Bosch's apparent independence in a nation long under tight U.S. control, a press campaign was started against Bosch, inaccurately linking him with communists. Kennedy turned off any new aid to the Bosch government; the CIA and U.S. military were in contact with right-wing military officers opposing Bosch. The CIA-created union federation publicly supported a coup against Bosch." In September 1963, after only seven months in office, Bosch was overthrown and Colonel [[Elías Wessin y Wessin]] took over. Less than two years later, growing dissatisfaction generated another military rebellion on 24 April 1965 that demanded Bosch's restoration. The United States dispatched 23,000 troops, which the [[Lyndon B. Johnson\|Johnson]] administration justified as being necessary to prevent the spread of communism. The Marines occupied the country until a sufficiently pro-U.S. government could be found to take over.<ref name=":10" />

			=== Ghana ===
			''See: [[Republic of Ghana#1966 coup d'etat]]''

	=== Guatemala ===		=== Guatemala ===

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	'''United States imperialism''' consists of ~~policies aimed at extending~~ the ~~economic, political, cultural and military influence of~~ the [[United States of America]] ~~over areas beyond~~ its ~~boundaries, especially considering~~ the [[~~Marxism~~\|~~Marxist~~]] ~~definition of [[imperialism]] as originally defined by~~ [[Vladimir ~~Lenin\|~~Lenin]], but ~~other aspects~~ of ~~imperialism as well, such as military operations~~ and economic ~~terrorism~~.		'''United States imperialism''' consists of the acts undertaken abroad by the [[United States of America]] since its inception to consolidate its place as the prime [[Imperialism\|imperial]] power in the world and forcibly open markets in the world for its own monopolies and cartels to become the dominant economic force in the world.<ref name=":02">{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|title=Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism\|chapter=Chapter 1: Concentration of production and monopolies\|quote=Thus, the principal stages in the history of monopolies are the following: (1) 1860-70, the highest stage, the apex of development of free competition; monopoly is in the barely discernible, embryonic stage. (2) After the crisis of 1873, a lengthy period of development of cartels; but they are still the exception. They are not yet durable. They are still a transitory phenomenon. (3) The boom at the end of the nineteenth century and the crisis of 1900-03. Cartels become one of the foundations of the whole of economic life. Capitalism has been transformed into imperialism.\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/index.htm}}</ref>

	Doctrines followed (and sometimes proposed by the [[Government of the United States of America\|U.S. government]] itself since its inception) such as [[Manifest Destiny]], the [[Monroe Doctrine]], the [[Roosevelt Corollary]], the [[Big Stick]], the [[Wolfowitz Doctrine]], the [[National Security Doctrine]], etc. and events such as the conquest of the west, the [[Mexican–Statesian War\|Mexican war]], the banana wars, the [[Spanish–Statesian War\|Spanish-Cuban-Statesian war]] and, more recently, the [[Vietnam War]], the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|U.S. blockade]] against [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]], the [[war in Afghanistan]], etc. have made "American imperialism" a term accepted by the greater part of the international community.		Doctrines followed (and sometimes proposed by the [[Government of the United States of America\|U.S. government]] itself since its inception) such as [[Manifest Destiny]], the [[Monroe Doctrine]], the [[Roosevelt Corollary]], the [[Big Stick]], the [[Wolfowitz Doctrine]], the [[National Security Doctrine]], etc. and events such as the conquest of the west, the [[Mexican–Statesian War\|Mexican war]], the banana wars, the [[Spanish–Statesian War\|Spanish-Cuban-Statesian war]] and, more recently, the [[Vietnam War]], the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|U.S. blockade]] against [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]], the [[war in Afghanistan]], etc. have made "American imperialism" a term accepted by the greater part of the international community.

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	=== Yemen ===		=== Yemen ===
	The United States has been supporting [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\|Saudi Arabia]] in a [[proxy war]] in [[Republic of Yemen\|Yemen]] that has killed at least 10,000 civilians and left millions homeless. Yemeni ambassador Ibrahim al-Deilami noted in an interview with [[Press TV]] that the United States has been fueling the war in Yemen, and, in fact, the Saudi-led military aggression against his impoverished country all started in Washington, adding that "Even US military advisers are active there to lead the aggression."<ref>[https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/07/06/2533828/us-fueling-saudi-war-on-yemen-envoy “US Fueling Saudi War on Yemen: Envoy.”] Tasnim News Agency. July 6, 2021. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210707234818/https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/07/06/2533828/us-fueling-saudi-war-on-yemen-envoy Archived] 2021-07-07.</ref> According to a report in [[Democracy Now]], "[[Cable News Network\|CNN]]’s senior international correspondent Nima Elbagir says what is happening in Yemen is not a natural disaster but a 'man-made catastrophe' directly tied to U.S. policies. Elbagir says, 'Not only is the U.S. profiting from the war by selling weapons to the UAE and Saudi Arabia,' but it is also ignoring the impact on civilians."<ref>[https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/17/yemen_crisis_us_uae_saudi_arabia “A Crisis Made in America: Yemen on Brink of Famine after U.S. Cuts Aid While Fueling War.”] Democracy Now! September 17, 2020. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220810130116/https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/17/yemen_crisis_us_uae_saudi_arabia Archived] 2022-08-10.</ref>		The United States has been supporting [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\|Saudi Arabia]] in a [[proxy war]] in [[Republic of Yemen\|Yemen]] that has killed at least 10,000 civilians and left millions homeless. Yemeni ambassador Ibrahim al-Deilami noted in an interview with [[Press TV]] that the United States has been fueling the war in Yemen, and, in fact, the Saudi-led military aggression against his impoverished country all started in Washington, adding that "Even US military advisers are active there to lead the aggression."<ref>[https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/07/06/2533828/us-fueling-saudi-war-on-yemen-envoy “US Fueling Saudi War on Yemen: Envoy.”] Tasnim News Agency. July 6, 2021. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210707234818/https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/07/06/2533828/us-fueling-saudi-war-on-yemen-envoy Archived] 2021-07-07.</ref> According to a report in [[Democracy Now]], "[[Cable News Network\|CNN]]’s senior international correspondent Nima Elbagir says what is happening in Yemen is not a natural disaster but a 'man-made catastrophe' directly tied to U.S. policies. Elbagir says, 'Not only is the U.S. profiting from the war by selling weapons to the UAE and Saudi Arabia,' but it is also ignoring the impact on civilians."<ref>[https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/17/yemen_crisis_us_uae_saudi_arabia “A Crisis Made in America: Yemen on Brink of Famine after U.S. Cuts Aid While Fueling War.”] Democracy Now! September 17, 2020. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220810130116/https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/17/yemen_crisis_us_uae_saudi_arabia Archived] 2022-08-10.</ref>

			== Further reading ==

			* ''[[Library:Killing Hope\|Killing Hope]]''
			* ''[[Library:Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower\|Rogue State]]''
			* ''[[Library:The United States of War\|The United States of War]]''

	== References ==		== References ==

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	[[File:Hawaiian independence protest.png\|thumb\|Hawaiians protesting against the US occupation of their nation]]		[[File:Hawaiian independence protest.png\|thumb\|Hawaiians protesting against the US occupation of their nation]]
	The United States has 750 military bases around the world in at least 80 countries. It also has 173,000 troops deployed in foreign countries. The country with the most U.S. military presence besides the U.S. itself is [[Japan]], with 120 bases and over 53,000 troops. Japan is followed by [[Federal Republic of Germany\|Germany]] and then [[Republic of Korea\|south Korea]].<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]\|title=Mapping U.S. Imperialism\|date=2022-06-06\|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614004514/https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-date=2022-06-14\|retrieved=2022-06-17}}</ref>		The United States has 750 military bases around the world in at least 80 countries. It also has 173,000 troops deployed in foreign countries. The country with the most U.S. military presence besides the U.S. itself is [[Japan]], with 120 bases and over 53,000 troops. Japan is followed by [[Federal Republic of Germany\|Germany]] and then [[Republic of Korea\|south Korea]].<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]\|title=Mapping U.S. Imperialism\|date=2022-06-06\|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614004514/https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-date=2022-06-14\|retrieved=2022-06-17}}</ref>

			During the Second World War, the USA relied mainly on local workers to build its bases and worked for as low as 10 cents per day or were paid in food rations. The Navy built 288 bases in the Atlantic Ocean, 195 in the Pacific, and 11 in the Indian Ocean.<ref name=":02222">{{Citation\|author=David Vine\|year=2020\|title=The United States of War\|chapter=Empire of Bases\|page=248–9\|city=Oakland\|publisher=University of California Press\|isbn=9780520972070\|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05}}</ref>

	In addition to having bases and troops in South Korea, the U.S. military has maintained command over the South Korean military since the Korean War in the 1950s. South Korea has operational control of its military under armistice conditions, but the United States would take over in wartime, and the U.S. combatant commander would be able to direct, organize, employ, assign command functions to, or suspend the duty of subordinate South Korean commanders and forces. In essence, if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea would supply the overwhelming majority of the fighting force, which would then be placed under U.S. operational control.<ref>Swanström, N. (2021, April 27). ''Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea''. Institute for Security and Development Policy. <nowiki>https://isdp.eu/publication/not-a-sovereignty-issue-understanding-the-transition-of-military-operational-control-between-the-united-states-and-south-korea/</nowiki></ref><ref>[["Combined Forces Command". United States Forces Korea. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28.\|"Combined Forces Command"]]. ''United States Forces Korea''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220728035053/https://www.usfk.mil/About/CFC/ Archived] from the original on 2022-07-28.</ref><ref>Kelly, R. E. (2017, February 27). ''Why US control of the South Korean military is here to stay''. The Interpreter. <nowiki>https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-us-control-south-korean-military-here-stay</nowiki></ref>		In addition to having bases and troops in South Korea, the U.S. military has maintained command over the South Korean military since the Korean War in the 1950s. South Korea has operational control of its military under armistice conditions, but the United States would take over in wartime, and the U.S. combatant commander would be able to direct, organize, employ, assign command functions to, or suspend the duty of subordinate South Korean commanders and forces. In essence, if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea would supply the overwhelming majority of the fighting force, which would then be placed under U.S. operational control.<ref>Swanström, N. (2021, April 27). ''Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea''. Institute for Security and Development Policy. <nowiki>https://isdp.eu/publication/not-a-sovereignty-issue-understanding-the-transition-of-military-operational-control-between-the-united-states-and-south-korea/</nowiki></ref><ref>[["Combined Forces Command". United States Forces Korea. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28.\|"Combined Forces Command"]]. ''United States Forces Korea''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220728035053/https://www.usfk.mil/About/CFC/ Archived] from the original on 2022-07-28.</ref><ref>Kelly, R. E. (2017, February 27). ''Why US control of the South Korean military is here to stay''. The Interpreter. <nowiki>https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-us-control-south-korean-military-here-stay</nowiki></ref>

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	== Death toll ==		== Death toll ==
	''See also: [[List of atrocities commited by the United States of America\|List of atrocities committed by the United States of America]]''		<blockquote>''See also: [[List of atrocities commited by the United States of America\|List of atrocities committed by the United States of America]]''</blockquote>Austin Murphy estimates that U.S. imperialism and [[colonialism]] have intentionally killed over 11 million unarmed civilians, including five million indigenous people, a million [[Republic of the Philippines\|Filipinos]], 500,000 [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|German]] and [[Empire of Japan (1868–1947)\|Japanese]] people, over 500,000 [[Indonesia\|Indonesians]], over a million each of [[Vietnam\|Vietnamese]], [[Iraq\|Iraqis]], and [[Korea\|Koreans]], and over 500,000 [[Cambodia\|Cambodians]]. This is a low estimate and Murphy acknowledges that the deaths of indigenous people in North America alone is over 18 million.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|author=Austin Murphy\|year=2000\|title=The Triumph of Evil\|chapter=Introduction\|page=22–24, 37–40\|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf\|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing\|isbn=8883980026}}</ref>

	Austin Murphy estimates that U.S. imperialism and [[colonialism]] have intentionally killed over 11 million unarmed civilians, including five million indigenous people, a million [[Republic of the Philippines\|Filipinos]], 500,000 [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|German]] and [[Empire of Japan (1868–1947)\|Japanese]] people, over 500,000 [[Indonesia\|Indonesians]], over a million each of [[Vietnam\|Vietnamese]], [[Iraq\|Iraqis]], and [[Korea\|Koreans]], and over 500,000 [[Cambodia\|Cambodians]]. This is a low estimate and Murphy acknowledges that the deaths of indigenous people in North America alone is over 18 million.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|author=Austin Murphy\|year=2000\|title=The Triumph of Evil\|chapter=Introduction\|page=22–24, 37–40\|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf\|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing\|isbn=8883980026}}</ref>

	== Military bases ==		== Military bases ==
	[[File:US military bases.png\|thumb\|Map of U.S. military bases and troops deployed abroad.\|374x374px]]		[[File:US military bases.png\|thumb\|Map of U.S. military bases and troops deployed abroad.\|374x374px]]
	The United States has 750 military bases around the world in at least 80 countries. It also has 173,000 troops deployed in foreign countries. The country with the most U.S. military presence besides the U.S. itself is [[Japan]], with 120 bases and over 53,000 troops. Japan is followed by [[Federal Republic of Germany\|Germany]] and then [[Republic of Korea\|~~South~~ Korea]].<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]\|title=Mapping U.S. Imperialism\|date=2022-06-06\|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614004514/https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-date=2022-06-14\|retrieved=2022-06-17}}</ref>		[[File:US military bases map.png\|thumb\|374x374px\|Map of U.S. military bases and naval fleets]]
			[[File:Hawaiian independence protest.png\|thumb\|Hawaiians protesting against the US occupation of their nation]]
			The United States has 750 military bases around the world in at least 80 countries. It also has 173,000 troops deployed in foreign countries. The country with the most U.S. military presence besides the U.S. itself is [[Japan]], with 120 bases and over 53,000 troops. Japan is followed by [[Federal Republic of Germany\|Germany]] and then [[Republic of Korea\|south Korea]].<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]\|title=Mapping U.S. Imperialism\|date=2022-06-06\|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614004514/https://mronline.org/2022/06/06/mapping-u-s-imperialism/\|archive-date=2022-06-14\|retrieved=2022-06-17}}</ref>

	In addition to having bases and troops in South Korea, the U.S. military has maintained command over the South Korean military since the Korean War in the 1950s. South Korea has operational control of its military under armistice conditions, but the United States would take over in wartime, and the U.S. combatant commander would be able to direct, organize, employ, assign command functions to, or suspend the duty of subordinate South Korean commanders and forces. In essence, if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea would supply the overwhelming majority of the fighting force, which would then be placed under U.S. operational control.<ref>Swanström, N. (2021, April 27). ''Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea''. Institute for Security and Development Policy. <nowiki>https://isdp.eu/publication/not-a-sovereignty-issue-understanding-the-transition-of-military-operational-control-between-the-united-states-and-south-korea/</nowiki></ref><ref>[["Combined Forces Command". United States Forces Korea. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28.\|"Combined Forces Command"]]. ''United States Forces Korea''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220728035053/https://www.usfk.mil/About/CFC/ Archived] from the original on 2022-07-28.</ref><ref>Kelly, R. E. (2017, February 27). ''Why US control of the South Korean military is here to stay''. The Interpreter. <nowiki>https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-us-control-south-korean-military-here-stay</nowiki></ref>		In addition to having bases and troops in South Korea, the U.S. military has maintained command over the South Korean military since the Korean War in the 1950s. South Korea has operational control of its military under armistice conditions, but the United States would take over in wartime, and the U.S. combatant commander would be able to direct, organize, employ, assign command functions to, or suspend the duty of subordinate South Korean commanders and forces. In essence, if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea would supply the overwhelming majority of the fighting force, which would then be placed under U.S. operational control.<ref>Swanström, N. (2021, April 27). ''Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea''. Institute for Security and Development Policy. <nowiki>https://isdp.eu/publication/not-a-sovereignty-issue-understanding-the-transition-of-military-operational-control-between-the-united-states-and-south-korea/</nowiki></ref><ref>[["Combined Forces Command". United States Forces Korea. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28.\|"Combined Forces Command"]]. ''United States Forces Korea''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220728035053/https://www.usfk.mil/About/CFC/ Archived] from the original on 2022-07-28.</ref><ref>Kelly, R. E. (2017, February 27). ''Why US control of the South Korean military is here to stay''. The Interpreter. <nowiki>https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-us-control-south-korean-military-here-stay</nowiki></ref>

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