Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1952, Truman ya kara yawan sojojin zuwa miliyan 3.6, kuma hakan ya kara karfin shugaban kasa. Kafin wannan, Lincoln ne kawai ya kara yawan sojojin ba tare da amincewar majalisa ba. Bugu da ƙari, yarjejeniyar 50 ta kara yawan alhakin shugaban kasa da iko a cikin shekarun 1950. Hukumar leken asiri ta tsakiya (CIA), a karkashin jagorancin shugaban kasa, ta kifar da gwamnatocin Iran (
1953) da kuma Guatemala (1954). Hukumar leken asiri ta CIA ta yi kokarin kifar da gwamnatin Indonesia amma ta kasa. Schlesinger ya yi ikirarin cewa CIA ta kafa sabbin gwamnatoci a Masar (1954) da Laos (1959). Har ila yau, CIA ta taimaka wajen shirya 'yan gudun hijirar Cuban don kawar da gwamnatin Cuba (1960<unk>1961). Shugabancin shugabanci na manufofin kasashen waje ya karu sosai yayin da rarraba ikon mulki ya ragu. A cikin shekaru goma bayan yakin Koriya, yawancin 'yan majalisa masu sassaucin ra'ayi da masu ra'ayin mazan jiya sun yarda da shugabancin shugaban kasa na manufofin kasashen waje.