peace offensive

American

noun

an active program, policy, propaganda campaign, etc., by a national government for the purpose of terminating a war or period of hostility, lessening international tensions, or promoting peaceful cooperation with other nations.

Etymology

Origin of peace offensive

First recorded in 1915–20

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peace offensive

This, to say the least, is not in the cards—and I suspect Kim will tread lightly on this point if he wants Trump to go along with this latest peace offensive.

From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2018

According to a State Department official, as much as $600 million may have been spent so far on the peace offensive.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kevin J. Milliken Columbus Whatever the motives behind Mikhail Gorbachev's current peace offensive, why not accept these initiatives as honest gestures?

From Time Magazine Archive

His visit to the U.N. continues what is already the longest, most peripatetic and most widely applauded Soviet peace offensive ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

Floyd Gibbons was the first to sound the alarm of the danger of the German peace offensive.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd

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