preventive warとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

preventive war (複数形 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, Truman, Harry S., MP72-73 Korea and World Peace: President Truman Reports to the People‎^[1], Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162, 4:15 from the start:

     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.