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Definition of Brinkmanship
1. Noun. The policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety).
Definition of Brinkmanship
1. Noun. Pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to risk a dangerous policy rather than concede a point. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brinkmanship
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brinkmanship
Literary usage of Brinkmanship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Deterrence Theory: Success Or Failure in Arab-Israeli Wars? by Elli Lieberman (1996)
"Reputations Why did Egypt Challenge Despite Israel's Reputation for Brinkmanship?
By the end of the 1967 war, Israel had established strong reputations for ..."
2. The New Detente: Rethinking East-West Relations by Mary Kaldor, Gerard Holden, Richard A. Falk (1989)
"After all, unlike the Cold War brinkmanship of the 1950s, an arms-control
brinkmanship strategy can fail, because the ultimate sanction, war, ..."
3. The Cold War in Asia by Cold War International History Project (1996)
"He said that during this event both we and the Americans adopted a brinkmanship
policy. America concentrated many warships which invaded our territorial ..."
4. Negotiation: Methodology and Training by L. J. Nieuwmeijer (1992)
"(b) Brinkmanship Brinkmanship was used by John Foster Dulles during his term as
minister of Foreign Affairs for the USA. His concept of diplomacy was based ..."
5. Wit and Wisdom: A Public Affairs Miscellany by Colin Bingham (1982)
"Dulles was admittedly a difficult man to get on with, and Eden's professionalism
was often shocked by his opposite number's dangerous brinkmanship. ..."
6. The Silk Weaver by Gabrielle Warnock (1999)
"A curious game of brinkmanship evolved between them. The crux of the game was
this: Anton wished ... The brinkmanship involved each of them giving the other ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"A few medical schools are tottering on the edge of bankruptcy, and certainly many
others are practicing financial brinkmanship. Few medical schools, public ..."
8. Diplomat's Dictionary by Charles W. Freeman, Jr. (1995)
"protection of diplomats by host country, 308 something-for- something is good
diplomacy, 382 weak allies, 16 Brinkmanship going to the verge, ..."
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