1. Brinkmanship/ Deterrence
TOP TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

2. 1
Key terms
Brinkmanship – to take to the edge (to threaten but not want to follow through)
Deterrence – to prevent or persuade someone to not do something

3. The best deterrent 2 Nuclear weapons
1945 – US develops first atomic bomb
1949 – USSR develops atom bomb
1952 – US develops hydrogen bomb
1953 – USSR develops hydrogen bomb
Different weapons - ICMB
Tsar bomba

4. The space race changes the game3
The space race changes the game
1957 Sputnik – means that weapons can be delivered remotely
Fight for space “Cannot be under a Red moon”

5. 4
MAD
Mutual assured destruction

6. 5
Our defenses
NORAD
DEW line

7. In Europe and America, there's a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets
Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the Russian love their children too
How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy
There is no monopoly of common sense
On either side of the political fence
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too
There is no historical precedent
To put words in the mouth of the president
There's no such thing as a winnable war
It's a lie we don't believe anymore
Mr. Reagan says we will protect you
What might save us me and you
Is that the Russians love their children too

8. The classic example of brinkmanship6
Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962
Issue: spheres of influence
U2 spy plane finds missile sites on Cuba (who is looking for an ally after Communist revolution)

9. Kennedy’s conundrum 7 Hawks – go to war Doves – seek for peace Owl
Quarantine – semantics (blockade = act of war)

10. Iron Curtain makes it worse8
Iron Curtain makes it worse
Due to the ideological conflict between the two states Kennedy and Khrushchev cannot directly negotiate with each other
Backroom deals UN

12. “Mr. President, we and you ought not now to pull on the ends of the rope in which you have tied the knot of war, because the more the two of us pull, the tighter the knot will be tied…let us take measures to untie that knot.” Khrushchev

13. 9
Doomsday (11:59)
“We were eyeball to eyeball and the other guy just blinked”

14. The outcome 10 Tensions between superpowers is reduced dramatically
Sign Partial Test Ban Treaty 1963
Set up hotline to talk directly to each other