{"id":97641,"date":"2017-08-28T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=97641"},"modified":"2017-08-27T18:51:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T17:51:01","slug":"these-are-all-the-countries-the-usa-has-invaded-in-one-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/08\/these-are-all-the-countries-the-usa-has-invaded-in-one-map\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are All the Countries the USA Has Invaded, in One Map"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Picture: indy100\/CARTO, data: The Evergreen State College<\/p><\/div>\n

From Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, the US has had a military presence across the world, from almost day one of her\u00a0independence.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

23 Aug 2017 – <\/em>What constitutes invasion? As one map below shows, the US has a military presence in much of the world without being an occupying force (though some would dispute that definition).<\/p>\n

For instance, although the Confederacy considered the US to be a hostile invading power, indy100 <\/em>are not counting the Civil War or any annexation within the continental United States as an ‘invasion’.<\/p>\n

More:\u00a0A map of every country Britain has ever invaded<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Using data on US military interventions published by the Evergreen State College<\/a><\/em>, in Olympia Washington, indy100\u00a0<\/em>has created this map (below). The data was compiled by Dr Zoltan Grossman, a professor of Geography and Native Studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The map documents a partial list of\u00a0occasions, since 1890, that US forces were used in a territory outside the US.<\/p>\n

Caveats:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This includes:<\/p>\n