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What are the differences between brinkmanship and containment?

Sagot :

Containment was about steady and coordinated action to achieve maximum results while avoiding direct conflict. 

Brinkmanship was about deliberately creating tense situations - actively pushing toward direct conflict - to achieve gains by making the opponent back down.