limited war

• Conflicto armado en el que los bandos enfrentados restringen el uso de armamento, el territorio o los objetivos bélicos, generalmente con el fin de evitar que la guerra se convierta en un conflicto total o mundial.

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.

   guerra limitada

   • 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.