What is Limited war?
A '''limited war''' is a [[war]] carried out by a [[state]] that uses less than its total [[wikt:resource|resource]]s and has a [[wikt:goal|goal]] of less than total [[wikt:defeat|defeat]] of the [[enemy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/limited-war |title=limited war |publisher=Dictionary.com |access-date=17 September 2016}}</ref> It is very often the high cost of war that makes limited war more [[wikt:practical|practical]] than total war.<ref name=retlimwarRCD>{{cite web |url=http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2016/09/13/the_return_of_limited_war_110053.html |title=The Return of Limited War |author=Ian Bertram |date=13 September 2016 |publisher=RealClearDefense.com |access-date=17 September 2016}}</ref> In a limited war, a state's total [[wikt:survival|survival]] does not depend on the outcome of the war. For [[example]], when [[Augustus]] sent his [[Roman legions]] to conquer [[Germania]], the fate of the [[Roman Republic]] was not at stake.<ref name=retlimwarRCD/> Since 1945, [[nuclear weapons]] have made limited war become the normal type of warfare.<ref name=DinermanGI>{{cite web |url=https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2539/limits-of-limited-war |title=The Limits of Limited War |author=Taylor Dinerman |date=27 October 2011 |publisher=Gatestone Institute |access-date=17 September 2016}}</ref> The [[United States]] has a [[strategy|strategic]] position that has made since [[World War II]] find itself involved in a number of limited wars.<ref name=Bakich2>Spencer D. Bakich, ''Success and Failure in Limited War: Information and Strategy in the Korean, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, and Iraq Wars'' (Chicago; London: The University of Chicago Press, 2014), p. 2</ref> The [[Korean War|Korean]], the [[Vietnam]], the [[Gulf War]], and the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] were all examples of limited wars.<ref name=Bakich2/> The goal of at least one of the [[wikt:party|parties]] in a limited war is to maintain its [[freedom]] and to [[wikt:preserve|preserve]] itself.<ref name=DinermanGI/> The strategy