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  2. Brinkmanship - Wikipedia

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    Brinkmanship is the ostensible escalation of threats to achieve one's aims. The word was probably coined, on the model of Stephen Potter's "gamesmanship", [citation needed] by the American politician Adlai Stevenson in his criticism of the philosophy described as "going to the brink" during an interview with US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles during the Eisenhower administration. [2]

  3. List of board games - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of board games. See the article on game classification for other alternatives, or see Category:Board games for a list of board game articles. Board games are games with rules, a playing surface, and tokens that enable interaction between or among players as players look down at the playing surface and face each other. [ 1 ]

  4. List of board wargames - Wikipedia

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    Strategic Studies Games 1980: Alexander at Tyre: Thunderhaven Game Co. 1993: Alexander the Great: Guidon Games: 1971: Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1974: Ancients: Good Industries: 1990: Re-released by 3W in 1992 and by Games Publications Group in 1999: Assyrian Wars: Udo Grebe Gamedesign: 2005: Armageddon: Tactical Combat, 3000-500 BC ...

  5. Balance of Power (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Balance of Power is a strategy video game of geopolitics during the Cold War, created by Chris Crawford and published in 1985 on the Macintosh by Mindscape, followed by ports to a variety of platforms over the next two years. In the game, the player takes the role of the President of the United States or General Secretary of the Soviet Union.

  6. Gamesmanship - Wikipedia

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    Gamesmanship is the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win or gain a serious advantage in a game or sport. It has been described as "Pushing the rules to the limit without getting caught, using whatever dubious methods possible to achieve the desired end". [ 1 ]

  7. 'Toxic brinkmanship': Democrats brace for debt-ceiling fight ...

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    With Republicans poised to re-take control of one or both houses of Congress in the midterm elections, Democrats are scrambling to to find a way to avert a debt-ceiling fight that threatens to ...

  8. Nuclear blackmail - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear blackmail is a form of nuclear strategy in which one of states uses the threat of use of nuclear weapons to force an adversary to perform some action or make some concessions. It is a type of extortion that is related to brinkmanship .

  9. Prima Games - Wikipedia

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    Prima Games is a publishing company of video game strategy guides in the United States.Formerly, Prima was an imprint of Dorling Kindersley, a division of Penguin Random House, and produced print strategy guides, featuring in-depth walkthroughs for completing games and other information, such as character sheets and move charts. [1]