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'''Rollback''' is the strategy to win a war by destroying the enemy country or replacing it with a favorable regime.
'''Rollback''' is the strategy to win a war by destroying the enemy country or replacing it with a favorable regime.
The U.S. practiced rollback against the Confederacy (1865) and Germany and Japan in [[World War II]].
The U.S. practiced rollback against the [[Confederate States of America]] (1865) and [[Third Reich|Germany]] and [[Japan]] in [[World War II]].
The U.S. tried and failed rollback against North Korea in 1950 during the [[Korean War]], and against Cuba in the [[Bay of Pigs]] in 1961.
The U.S. tried and failed rollback against [[North Korea]] in 1950 during the [[Korean War]], and against [[Cuba]] in the [[Bay of Pigs]] in 1961.
It succeeded with Noriega in Panama (1989), Grenada (1983), the Taliban in Afghanistan (2001), Saddam Hussein in Iraq (2003)--and most important, against the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
It succeeded with Noriega in [[Panama]] (1989), Grenada (1983), the [[Taliban]] in [[Afghanistan]] (2001), [[Saddam Hussein]] in [[Iraq]] (2003)--and most importantly, against the [[Soviet Union]] in the 1980s.
==See also==
==See also==