limited action

limited action
   a war
   The stronger participant so describes it, especially if his domestic population is not at risk:
    ... the language of the mad foments [violence]... 'Bushfire wars', 'limited actions'. (M. West, 1979)
   An American limited covert war is one aided by the CIA without Congress being informed:
    Para-military action of any type, Tyler argued, was war, and he had gingerly coined the euphemism 'limited covert warfare*. (Woodward, 1987)

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