"catalytic war" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1966, Richard A. Falk, Saul H. Mendlovitz, The Strategy of World Order: Toward a theory of war prevention, page 30:",
          "text": "By this definition, World War I was a catalytic war, set off by Serbia and Austria, which also had some overtones of \"reciprocal fear of surprise attack\" and \"self-fulfilling prophecy,\" because the side which mobilized first was likely to win.",
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          "ref": "1968, United States Air Force Academy. Department of Political Science, Mark E. Smith, American Defense Policy (page 91)",
          "text": "Indeed a catalytic war seems much more likely to be touched off by a desperate or vengeful power than an ambitious one."
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        "A war initiated by one party and continued by others."
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