WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -brinkmanship, foreign policy practice in which one or both parties force the interaction between them to the threshold of confrontation in order to gain an advantageous negotiation position over the other.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term is chiefly associated with US Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, from 1953 to 1956 during the Eisenhower administration. Dulles sought to deter aggression by the Soviet Union by warning that the cost might be massive retaliation against Soviet targets.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the Cold War, Dulles orchestrated a strategy known as “brinkmanship.” Brinkmanship is the practice of forcing a confrontation in order to achieve a desired out-come; in the Cold War, brinkmanship meant using nuclear weapons as a deterrent to communist expansion around the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Brinkmanship is a negotiating strategy that involves making a set of demands and sticking to them, even at the risk of losing the deal entirely. The term first appeared in foreign policy as a form of aggressive diplomacy that could bring parties to the “brink of war."

Detailed explanation-5: -This policy came to be called “ massive retaliation.” “Brinkmanship” was the willingness to go to the brink of war to force the other side to back down. Eisenhower used two concepts in international confrontations.