This is a list of instances where the U.S. military has deployed troops, grounds forces, or had naval actions. This is an incredibly interesting and useful resource for researching and exposing U.S. imperialism. This does not however include the many covert operations of the CIA like Operation Ajax in 1953 (correct me if the date is wrong) which helped to overthrow Mossadegh in Iran and install the Shah. This is acknowledged use of force compiled by the Navy, so you can't say it is some biased left wing source! It does include among others, 11 invasions and occupations of Nicaragua in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some brief and some lasting over a decade. Of course one must be wary of some of the descriptions that go along with that data, but on the whole there is little ideology in the list. I am using this resource in a paper I am writting on the effects of military interventions on working class power in the countries invaded. Enjoy!
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Thanks for note on Trotsky Anthology- I have read it in the past but do not have a copy now. What I am reading now is The Case of Leon Trotsky about the Commission down in Mexico headed by John Dewey that heard his defense against the outrageous Stalinist lies. In that sense history has absolved him,not Khrushchev and his 'confessions' in 1956. The real way to finally get historical justice in his case is to create new October revolutions. Then we won't have to just read about it. Agreed?
Could not agree more! New Octobers!
I have a question. There is a great clip of Trotsky speaking on You-Tube about the Moscow trials "arising not from Socialism, not from communism but from Stalinism, that is the irresponsible depotism of the bureaucracy over the people!" Is this a clip from the Dewey trial?
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