Kammala wannan jumla: Amurkawa na cikin gida sun damu da shiga tsakani a cikin rikice-rikice na kasashen waje sun ci gaba daga ƙarshen Yaƙin Vietnam. Gwamnatin Reagan ta jaddada yin amfani da hanzari, da ƙananan farashi don magance rikice-rikice don shiga tsakani a cikin rikice-rikice na kasashen waje. A cikin 1983, gwamnatin Reagan ta shiga cikin Yaƙin Basasa na Labanon da yawa, ta mamaye Grenada, ta yi ruwan bama-bamai a Libya kuma ta goyi bayan Contras na Amurka ta Tsakiya, masu adawa da 'yan kwaminisanci da ke neman kifar da gwamnatin Sandinista da ke da alaƙa da Soviet a Nicaragua. Yayin da Reagan ya shiga tsakani a kan Grenada da Libya sun kasance sananne a Amurka, goyon bayansa ga 'yan tawayen Contra ya kasance cikin rikici. Gwamnatin Reagan ta goyi bayan gwamnatin soja ta Guatemala a lokacin yakin
Yaƙin basasa na Guatemala, musamman mulkin Efraín Ríos Montt, ya kasance mai kawo rigima.