How many wars have US fought after world war 2 ?How many people have been killed in these wars by US forces?

Question

How many wars have US fought after world war 2 ?How many people have been killed in these wars by US forces?

Answer 1

Your question is in two parts. Here is a list of the wars and interventions since the end of WWII:

United States Intervention in Greek Election, 1947-1949

Operation PBFORTUNE, Guatemala, 1952

Operation Ajax, US overthrow of Iranian Government, 1953

Operation PBSUCCESS, Guatemala, 1954

Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuba, 1961

Operation Powerpack, Dominican Republic, 1965 - 1966

Korean War, 1950 - 1953

United States overthrow of Guatemalan Government, 1907-1933

Operation Blue Bat, Lebanon, 1958

United States Intervention at Panama Canal, 1958

Vietnam War, 1962 - 1973

United States Occupation of Laos, 1962 - 1973

United States Intervention at Panama Canal, 1964

Cambodian Civil War, 1969 - 1970

United States Overthrow of Chilean Government, 1964

Turkish invasion of Cyprus, 1974

Operation Eagle Claw, Iran hostage crisis, 1980

First Gulf of Sidra Incident, Libya, 1981

Contra War, El Salvador, 1981-1990

Occupation of Beirut, Lebanon, 1982-1984

Invasion of Grenada, Grenada, 1983-1984

Operation El Dorado Canyon, Libya, 1986

Iran-Iraq War, 1987 - 1989

Operation Just Cause, Panama 1989 - 1990

Second Gulf of Sidra Incident, Libya, 1989

Persian Gulf War, Iraq, 1991

Operation Desert Shield, 1991

Operation Desert Storm, 1991

Somali Civil War, 1992 - 1994

Operation Provide Relief, 1992

Operation Restore Hope, 1992 - 1994

Yugoslav wars, 1994 - 1999

Bosnian Conflict, 1994 - 1995

Kosovo Conflict, 1997 - 1999

War on Terrorism, 2001 - present

Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan 2001 - present

Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines 2002 - present

Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa 2002 - present

Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003 - present

Waziristan War, 2004 - present

War in Somalia, 2006 - present

Operation Iraqi Freedom - Trans Sahara 2007 - present

As to part two, direct casualties are much harder to determine accurately.  (killed directly by US soldiers?  Killed by others on US's behalf?  Died as a result of wartime disruption - famine, disease?  Compared to the amount that would have died should the US not have intervened?) Here are a couple sites that try to look at the number of dead:

http://www.cissm.umd.edu/papers/files/de...

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstats...

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v24/n04/hobs01_.htm...