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UNPREMEDITATED WAR [2 records]

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Record 1 2001-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Operations
DEF

War resulting from a malfunctioning of some weapons system or human error, not including errors in judgment.

OBS

The term was originally used for wars resulting from malfunctioning of weapons systems as well as for wars resulting from errors in judgment. Greater sophistication in thinking about arms control problems has resulted in greater precision in language, whereby accidental war is now distinguished from inadvertent war, unintended or unpremeditated war, which refers to armed conflicts from error of political judgment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations CBRNE
DEF

Guerre dont le déclenchement n'a pas été produit volontairement, mais en raison d'une défaillance humaine, d'un accident technique ou social.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Arms Control
DEF

Armed conflict arising from error of political judgment.

OBS

inadvertent war: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

guerre par malentendu : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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