limited war

• Conflito armado em que as partes beligerantes limitam o uso de armas, o território ou os objetivos, muitas vezes para evitar a escalada para uma guerra total ou global.

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.