limited war
Example Sentences
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Korea was frustrating in part because, like Ukraine, it was a limited war.
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022
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
But it has been a greatly limited war of airstrikes under strict rules of engagement and a gradual buildup of 3,500 troops restricted to training and advising.
From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2015
Top Pentagon leaders shared this critique, and from the earliest days of the Kennedy administration, money poured in to limited war research and development.
From Slate • Sep. 4, 2015
It is that limited war permits the use of the defensive without its usual drawbacks to a degree that is impossible in unlimited war.
From Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)
