Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan yakin duniya na biyu, gwamnatin Amurka ta yi gwagwarmaya tare da Tarayyar Soviet don jagorancin duniya, tasiri da tsaro a cikin yanayin Cold War. A karkashin gwamnatin Eisenhower, gwamnatin Amurka ta ji tsoron cewa za a lalata tsaron kasa ta hanyar gwamnatocin da ke tallafawa da shigar da Tarayyar Soviet a cikin canjin mulki da kuma inganta ka'idar domino, tare da shugabannin da suka biyo baya bayan Eisenhower. Daga baya, Amurka ta fadada yanayin yanayin ayyukanta fiye da yankin da aka saba da shi, Amurka ta tsakiya da Caribbean. Muhimman ayyukan sun hada da Amurka da Ingila da aka shirya 1953 Iran juyin mulki
, mamayar Bay of Pigs na 1961 da aka yi wa Cuba, da kuma goyon baya ga kifar da Sukarno da Janar Suharto a Indonesia. Bugu da kari, Amurka ta tsoma baki a zaben kasa na kasashe, ciki har da Italiya a 1948, Philippines a 1953, da Japan a shekarun 1950 da 1960 da kuma Lebanon a 1957. A cewar wani binciken, Amurka ta yi aƙalla 81 da aka sani da kuma ɓoye ɓoye a cikin zaɓen ƙasashen waje a cikin lokacin 1946-2000. Wani binciken ya gano cewa Amurka ta shiga cikin 64 da aka ɓoye da kuma shida a bayyane ƙoƙarin sauya tsarin mulki a lokacin Cold War.