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The US emerged from the Second World War as one of the two global Superpowers, competing for global political dominance with the Soviet Union. The American military erected bases on the ground they captured during the war and in many cases, these garrisons still exist today in Germany, Japan and Italy. Since then, additional bases were established in other parts of the globe and together with its fleet of nuclear powered aircraft carriers, serve as the means of projecting power, allowing the United States to assume an often imperfect role as "global policeman." 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2006

JAPAN. Okinawa. 2006. Okinawa City. Music bar with US soldiers... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2006

JAPAN. Okinawa. 2006. Okinawa City, Bar with US soldiers 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2006

JAPAN. Okinawa. 2006. Outside shop at Himeyuri Memorial 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2006

JAPAN. Okinawa. 2006. Ginovan. Amerasian, mixed race school.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2006

JAPAN. Okinawa. 2006. Flea market on US base selling to locals.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2006

JAPAN. Okinawa. 2006. Flea market on US base selling to locals.... 

Bruno Barbey 2008

SOUTH KOREA. Seoul. GI during St. Patrick's Day parade. 2008.... 

Martin Parr 2007

SOUTH KOREA. Jeju. Mini Mini Land. 2007. 

Thomas Dworzak 2004

GERMANY - Landstuhl/Ramstein US ARMY medical center/ hospital.... 

Thomas Dworzak 2004

GERMANY - Landstuhl/Ramstein 

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2012

GERMANY. Mannheim. 2012. US military.

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2012

GERMANY. Mannheim. 2012. US military.

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2012

GERMANY. Mannheim. 2012. US military.

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2012

GERMANY. Mannheim. 2012. US military.

Ferdinando Scianna 2009

GERMANY. Berlin. 2009. Checkpoint Charlie. 
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Peter van Agtmael 2013

COSTA RICA. Liberia. 2013. The crew of a P-3 from Customs and... 

Trent Parke 2000

AUSTRALIA. Sydney. An American aircraft carrier arrives at dawn... 

Moises Saman 2010

IRAQ. Abu Ghraib. August 7, 2010. An American soldier walks away... 

Moises Saman 2010

IRAQ. Mahmudiya. August 30, 2010. American trained Iraqi commandos... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

USA. American aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush. NImitz class.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

USA. American aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush. NImitz class.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

USA. American aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush. NImitz class.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

USA. American aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush. NImitz class.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

USA. American aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush. NImitz class.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2011

USA. American aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush. NImitz class.... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 2004

VIETNAM. Da Nang. Like their fathers before them, returning sailors... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 2004

VIETNAM. The sailors made a beeline for the nearest bar with... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 2004

VIETNAM. Da Nang. The captain of the guided missle destroyer,... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 2004

VIETNAM. Da Nang. The guided missle destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur... 

Thomas Dworzak 2006

LEBANON. Beirut. July 21, 2006. U.S. citizens are being evacuated... 

Jerome Sessini 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Helmand province. June 4, 2010. 
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Jerome Sessini 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Helmand province. June 3, 2010. 
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Peter van Agtmael 2010

Iraq. Baghdad. 2010. An American soldier and contractor listen... 

Peter van Agtmael 2010

Kuwait. Ali Al Salem. 2010. American soldiers at McDonald's... 

Peter van Agtmael 2010

Iraq. Baghdad. 2010. Two soldiers playing video games at FOB... 

Thomas Dworzak 2007

IRAQ. US. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Paul Brinkley, his... 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ Baghdad US administrator, Ambassador Paul Bremer, head of... 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ Baghdad US administrator, Ambassador Paul Bremer, head of... 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

Iraq under the Coalition Provisional Authority. On the left,... 

Richard Kalvar 2016

Klaus Schwab; US Secretary of State John Kerry; Egyptian Grand... 

Alex Majoli 2014

ROMANIA. 2014. US Vice President Joe Biden at Victoria Palace... 

Jerome Sessini 2011

SOUTHERN SUDAN. Malakal. January 10, 2011. 
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Abbas 2005

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. US Secretary of State Condoleezza RICE at... 

Christopher Anderson 2012

USA. Tampa, FL. 2012. Condoleeza Rice at the Republican National... 

Eli Reed 2004

USA. New York City. August 30, 2004. Vice-President Dick CHENEY.... 

Eli Reed 2004

USA. New York City. 2004. September 1, 2004. Vice President Dick... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

CUBA. Guantanamo. March 2006. Portrait of Donald H. Rumsfeld.... 

Larry Towell 2002

USA. New York City. January 28-30, 2002. World Economic Forum... 
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