Brinkmanship was another name given to President Eisenhower's policy of massive retaliation because
A) the United States was prepared to go to the brink of nuclear destruction if the Soviets moved outside their sphere of influence.
B) the United States was already on the brink of nuclear destruction but the new policy helped to reduce tensions.
C) communism was on the brink of becoming the world's most popular economic and political system.
D) Eisenhower wanted the Soviet Union to believe he was on the brink of madness.
Answer: A
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