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A Dictionary of Contemporary World History | 2004 | | Copyright

brinkmanship A term first employed by Dulles to describe the Cold War strategy employed by both superpowers at varying times after 1945 of confronting the opponent power even at the risk of war (‘going to the brink’) when national interests were at stake. The strategy was most famously employed during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, but the danger of thermonuclear war implicit in the policy was thereafter recognized by the Kennedy administration. Both Kennedy and his successors resiled from the strategy.

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brinkmanship

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

brinkmanship the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics. The term derives from an interview in 1956 with the American international lawyer and politician John Foster Dulles (1888–1959), in which he said, ‘The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art…We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face.’

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "brinkmanship." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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brinkmanship

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

brink·man·ship / ˈbringkmənˌship/ (also brinks·man·ship / ˈbringksmən-/ ) • n. the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics.

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