Multiple choice

The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of stopping, is known as

  1. Mutual Assured Destruction

  2. Brinkmanship

  3. Domino Theory

  4. Containment
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Brinkmanship is the practice of pushing dangerous events to the verge of disaster in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome, a strategy often associated with John Foster Dulles during the Cold War.

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