Empire by Numbers: 392 U.S. Military Interventions Across Every Region of the World

[PAF]

by Michael Holmes
Oct 9, 2025

Empire by Numbers: 392 U.S. Military Interventions Across Every Region of the World - Antiwar.com

Monica Duffy Toft and Sidita Kushi’s 2023 book Dying by the Sword is both a work of scholarship and an unflinching indictment. It demolishes the enduring myth of the United States as a hesitant warrior, reluctantly drawn into conflicts by others. Instead, using their Military Intervention...

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[TheTexan]

From 1776 to 2019 the United States engaged in 392 military interventions. Thirty-four percent of these occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean, twenty-three percent in East Asia and the Pacific, fourteen percent in the Middle East and North Africa, thirteen percent in Europe and Central Asia, and nine percent in sub-Saharan Africa.

Latin America was apparently a historically popular place to intervene. Maybe it's coming back for a resurgence

And what about Canada? Seems underrepresented. A lot of untapped potential there

 

[PAF]

Latin America was apparently a historically popular place to intervene. Maybe it's coming back for a resurgence

And what about Canada? Seems underrepresented. A lot of untapped potential there

It's already on Kash Patel's "things to do list". Toward the top, I think.

 

[TheTexan]

It's already on Kash Patel's "things to do list". Toward the top, I think.

Glad to hear at least someone in the Trump admin is doing their job