limited war
Example Sentences
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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
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
Harvard chemist George Kistiakowsky, a Manhattan Project veteran and member-at-large of the President’s Science Advisory Committee, had been an early champion of limited war.
From Slate • Sep. 4, 2015
The elements of strength in limited war are closely analogous to those generally inherent in defence.
From Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)
