Essay On Military Intervention

In the world there is only one superpower; that is the United States of America. However, behind this superpower country, is one country that has been its rival since and during World War II. Both countries have and still do intervene militarily throughout the world, which is what this paper will be focusing on. The question becomes what was the success rate with the military interventions of both the United States of America and Russia (and in it’s past the Soviet Union) in the creation of a free country. One important aspect of this paper will be that all operations that were led by non-military departments (i.e. CIA or KGB) do not count as military interventions. This paper will instead focus on military operations done by the armed forces of the countries mentioned above and any military intervention from the end of World War II to the present. This paper will also focus on military interventions that exclude an occupation of the intervening country for colonial/influencing purposes or war purposes (i.e. World War II or Vietnam). The main reason we are analyzing the United States and Russia is because of the history of the two countries being at odds with one another. They are still to this day the biggest rivals on the global stage. Each country stands for …show more content…
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