preventive war

English

Noun

preventive war (plural preventive wars)

1. 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

   The German war against Poland initiated by Hitler was justified as a preventive war by Carl Schmitt, German jurist and philosopher

   • 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.

Translations

type of war

• Finnish: ennaltaehkäisevä sota
• Ukrainian: превенти́вна війна́ f (preventývna vijná)