Brinkmanship is the practice, especially in international politics, of seeking advantage by creating the impression that one is willing and able to push a highly dangerous situation to the limit rather than to concede.
sacrifice of the style of familiar companionship and other little
was surrounded by the officers who formed his brilliant staff, "I am glad
alone he made me understand that he was pleased with my reserve, and
I spoke to him the same evening respecting the insurrection of the
those which I had escaped, etc. "Care thou' nothing about it," said he;
--[He used to 'tutoyer' me in this familiar manner until his return
done." This republic.html">republic was, however, still existing, wealthy and powerful.
Gabriel Naude, who wrote during the reign of Louis XIII. for Cardinal de
seat of a double empire; and Venice, which glories in her stability of a
perceive that he was not very well satisfied with the preliminaries. He
this from me. Before he offered peace to Prince Charles, he wrote to the
purpose he reckoned on the co-operation of the armies of the Sambre-et-
diversion in Germany, and that the armies of the Sambre-et-Meuse and the
a declaration so contrary to what he had constantly solicited, compelled
planting the standard of the republic on the ramparts of Vienna, or at
those in the register of births. I wished to conform to this law, which
and I therefore designated myself Fauvelet the younger. This annoyed
"I have known you for twenty years by the name of Bourrienne. Sign as
to stop on an island.html">island of the Tagliamento, while a torrent passed by, which
bank of the river. He reached the island. Bonaparte read in the
the Rhine were in motion; that they were preparing to cross the Rhine,
preliminaries. This information arrived seven days after the Directory
.
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