The Eisenhower policy of nuclear brinkmanship was taking the country from crisis to another. Brinkmanship was eventually replaced with the Detente Policy by both the United States as well as the Soviet Union. Efforts began to thaw the Cold War.
policy in the 1950's that called for threatening all-out war in order to confront Communist aggression
they wanted to rebuild the empire during the cold war.
John Foster Dulles
Brinkmanship occurred in 1956.
Brinkmanship is the act of pushing a situation to the verge of war, in order to threaten and encourage one's opponent to back down. Brinkmanship in the Cold War refers to the constant competition between the U. States of America and the Soviet Union.
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brinkmanship
brinkmanship, massive retaliation
nuclear war
policy in the 1950's that called for threatening all-out war in order to confront Communist aggression
Soviet Union and its satellite nations
the threat of nuclear war.
Brinkmanship
Brinkmanship was a foreign policy practiced in the 1950s by President Eeisenhower's secretary of State John Foster Dulles. The term came from Dulles's policy of pressing Cold War issues with the Soviet Union to the brink of war. Hence "brinkmanship."
they wanted to rebuild the empire during the cold war.
John Foster Dulles
The Soviet Union made their own nuclear weapons to compete with the US