limited war

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The war against Iran has been a limited war, and its outcome is likely to be inconclusive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Those ties widened into a security relationship after 1999, when India fought a limited war with Pakistan over Kashmir and Israel helped New Delhi with arms and ammunition.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2023

In large measure because of that limited war aim, Bush was successful in obtaining both financial and military support from several nations, freeing Kuwait of Iraqi forces.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

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)