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Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis the best example of Brinkmanship?

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The Cuban Missile Crisis, as it is known, is an example of brinksmanship because both sides of the conflict allowed the situation to go right to the edge of nuclear war before negotiating a deal, where the United States agreed to never invade Cuba.
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