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limited war

NOUN
war with low number of objectives
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In 1999, the two countries fought a limited war in Kargil.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022

Korea was frustrating in part because, like Ukraine, it was a limited war.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022

In the end, Schelling—the master theorist of deterrence strategy and limited war—could not come up with a single plausible answer when faced with a real limited war.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2021

After becoming interested in theories of deterrence and limited war, he decided that nuclear strategy lent itself to his evolving ideas about bargaining and game theory.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2016

We are left, in fact, with an impression that there must be two kinds of limited war.

From Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)