preventive war
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[edit]Noun
[edit]preventive war (plural preventive wars)
- War started by one of the parties without having received any attack from the other party. This type of war is initiated by states unable to use diplomacy
- 1950 September 1, Harry S. Truman, 4:15 from the start, in MP72-73 Korea and World Peace: President Truman Reports to the People[1], Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
- We do not believe in aggressive or preventive war. Such war is the weapon of dictators, not of free democratic countries like the United States.
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[edit]type of war
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