limited war

Noun

Meaning

a war whose objective is less than the unconditional defeat of the enemy

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Because the Korean War was widely considered a " limited war ", the Truman Administration prohibited the USAF to bomb near the borders of China and the Soviet Union in fear of provoking the countries to enter into the Korean conflict. Source: Internet

Some predict, however, that a limited war could potentially " escalate " into a full-scale nuclear war. Source: Internet

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