Brinkmanship
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Brinkmanship or brinksmanship is the practice of trying to achieve an advantageous outcome by pushing dangerous events to the brink of active conflict. The maneuver of pushing a situation with the opp
The handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis has been described as brinkmanship.
John Foster Dulles
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John Foster Dulles was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as United States secretary of state under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 until his resignation in 1959. A membe
Brinkmanship
…contemporary military strategy (by involving the threat of nuclear weapons), terrorism, and high-stakes litigation. The term is chiefly associated with John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State from 1953 to 1956 during the Eisenhower administration. Dulles sought to deter aggression from the Soviet Union by warning that…
Dulles, c. 1949
Dulles shaking hands with Sukarno in front of Richard Nixon, 1956
Dulles with President Eisenhower, 1956
Bust of Dulles inside the eponymous airport