limited war

• Ein militärischer Konflikt, bei dem die Kriegsparteien den Einsatz von Waffen, das Operationsgebiet oder die Ziele begrenzen, oft um eine Eskalation zu einem umfassenden oder globalen Krieg zu vermeiden.

A military conflict in which the belligerents restrict their use of weapons, territory, or objectives, often to avoid escalation into a full-scale or global war.

1. Constrained military conflictC1formal

   A war in which the belligerents restrict their use of weapons, targets, or geographic scope, often to avoid escalation into a total war.

   Begrenzter Krieg

   • The Korean War is often cited as an example of a limited war.
   • Strategists debated the effectiveness of limited war during the Cold War.
   • The treaty aimed to keep the conflict as a limited war.