Military History · United States
America at War Abroad
Every major U.S. war and military intervention fought beyond American soil, sorted by strategic outcome. Stalemates and ambiguous endings are counted as losses.
19
Conflicts abroad
12
Won
7
Lost & drawn
63%
Win rate
Each square is one conflict
WON
LOST OR DRAWN
2001 · The turning point
The unipolar moment begins to close.
Within months of 9/11, the United States walked away from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and China was admitted to the World Trade Organization. Together these marked the end of unchallenged American dominance — and every war the United States has entered since has ended in defeat or stalemate.
3 of 7
losses came after 9/11
100%
of post-9/11 wars lost or drawn