History GCSE
Brinkmanship
What Brinkmanship means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Brinkmanship
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Nasser's escalatory actions, including moving troops into Sinai, expelling UNEF and closing the Straits of Tiran, which pushed the crisis towards war.
Topics that use Brinkmanship
- Option P5: Key topic 2: The escalating conflict, 1964–73 - 1 The Six Day War, 1967 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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