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
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
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
In the Japanese case the immediate political object was exceptionally well adapted for the use of limited war.
From Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)
