Preemptive war
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A preemptive war is a war that is commenced in an attempt to repel or defeat a perceived imminent offensive or invasion, or to gain a strategic advantage in an impending (allegedly unavoidable) war shortly before that attack materializes. It is a war that preemptively 'breaks the peace'.
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See also
- Controversies relating to the Six-Day War
- A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm
- Battleplan (documentary TV series)
- Bush Doctrine
- Caroline affair
- Dwight D. Eisenhower statements on 'preventive war' in WikiQuote
- Jus ad bellum
- War of aggression
- Pre-emptive nuclear strike (counterforce)
- Soviet offensive plans controversy
- Hobbesian trap
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