Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan yakin duniya na biyu, gwamnatin Amurka ta yi gwagwarmaya da Tarayyar Soviet don jagoranci na 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-orchestrated
1953 juyin mulkin Iran, 1961 Bay of Pigs mamayewa 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.