US dramatically increased military attacks after Cold War

Popular Resistance - The United States has been one of the most aggressive military countries throughout our history. Now we know, based on research from the Congressional Research Service, that a dramatic escalation of military actions, “notable deployments of U.S. military forces overseas,”  has occurred since the end of the Cold War. Many US foreign policy “leaders” began to talk about a new American Century or a PAX America where US hegemony dominated the world. This dream has turned into two and a half decades of extreme militarism, a nightmare for thousands of people killed and displaced throughout the world.

Since Cold War the U.S. has deployed military force
5 times more often than prior 193 years

From time to time the Congressional Research Service publishes a report listing “notable deployments of U.S. military forces overseas.” CRS updates this list “as circumstance warrant.“  The latest report covers 216  years,  1798 through August of 2014. It does not include the new bombing campaigns in Syia and Iraq.

Dividing this data by ‘eras’ we find:

Post Cold War (August 1990 – 14 August 2014):   146 deployments (averaging 6.1 per year.)   Bush 1: 9, Clinton: 65, Bush 2:  39, and Obama: 33.

Cold War (24 June 1948 – August 1990): 47 deployments (averaging 1.5 per year)

Interwar and World War II (1918 – 1948):  34 deployments (averaging 1.1 per year)

Imperial Era and World War I (1866 – 1917):  69 deployments (averaging 1.4 per year)

Nation’s Founding through Civil War (1798 to 1865):  65 deployments (averaging 1.0 per year)