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Brinkmanship Overview The purpose of this Wiki will be to discuss the Cold war and the effects that it had on the United States and the World. One of the biggest aspects of the entire Cold War was Dwight Eisenhower and his secretary of state John Dulles. Dulles installed a policy known as brinkmanship which in basic terms was "the willingness to go to the brink or verge of war." This is was a very direct approach and also very aggressive, but in the end it worked out very well for the United States. Brinkmanship effected the way the United States took military action, as the air force expanded. The reason being was because of the Nuclear Arms race. With the United States and Soviet Union each increasing in nuclear capacity, the Air Force become more important because after all, the airplanes would be the ones delivering the Nuclear weapons. The following link contains an interview with John Dulles in 1952. Feel free to add comments to the video. John Dulles was a staunch Anti-Communist like many of his colleagues at the time. However, he had every right to be because communism was a threat to United States national security at the time. US Foreign Policy

Also, I have created a Power Point which I used to teach a lesson during my observation hours which supplements the Cold War and brinkmanship policy. The information was taken from an American History book at GAR High School in Wilkes-Barre PA. If you have any questions or concerns on the PowerPoint leave them in the discussion area. See the Multimedia Page for further detail