After the U2 incident, Eisenhower believed it was necessary to employ a policy of brinkmanship against

The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency and sharply increased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Eisenhower’s dealings over the incident were with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, so the person he believed required a policy of brinkmanship was Khrushchev. Stalin had died in 1953, before the incident.

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