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Brinkmanship is a foreign policy used in the Cold War which is where a country would push a dangerous issue or event to the edge looking for the best outcome for there side. Brinkmanship was a term that was constantly used during the Cold War with the United States and the Soviet Union. An example of the policy of Brinkmanship was in 1962 when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. This nearly brought the Soviet Union and the United States to a nuclear war. The United States responded by putting a naval blockade around Cuba and the Soviets removed the missiles from Cuba. The policy of Brinkmanship scared many people during the Cold War because these two powerhouse nations came close to a nuclear war several times. Brinkmanship was used throughout the Cold War as a foreign Policy.
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