has interfered in the national elections of countries, including Italy in 1948, the Philippines in 1953, Japan in the 1950s and 1960s Lebanon in 1957, and Russia in 1996. Significant operations included the United States and United Kingdom-orchestrated 1953 Iranian coup d'état, the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion targeting Cuba, and support for the overthrow of Sukarno by General Suharto in Indonesia. Subsequently, the United States expanded the geographic scope of its actions beyond traditional area of operations, Central America and the Caribbean. government feared that communism would be spread, sometimes with the assistance of the Soviet Union's own involvement in regime change, and promoted the domino theory, with later presidents following Truman's precedent. Under the Truman administration, the U.S. government struggled with the Soviet Union for global leadership, influence and security within the context of the Cold War. In the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. United States forces, together with the Soviet Union, were also instrumental in removing Adolf Hitler from power in Germany and Benito Mussolini in Italy. Examples include regimes in the Philippines, Korea, East China, and parts of Europe. At the onset of the 20th century, the United States shaped or installed governments in many countries around the world, including neighbors Hawai`i, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.ĭuring World War II, the United States helped overthrow many Nazi German or Imperial Japanese puppet regimes.

government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of many foreign governments.

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