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Since the nuclear stalemate became apparent, the Governments of East and  West have adopted the policy which Mr. Dulles calls 'brinkmanship'.  This is a policy adapted from a sport which, I am told, is practiced by  some youthful degenerates. This sport is called 'Chicken!'. It is played  by choosing a long straight road with a white line down the middle and  starting two very fast cars towards each other from opposite ends. Each  car is expected to keep the wheels of one side on the white line. As  they approach each other, mutual destruction becomes more and more  imminent. If one of them swerves from the white line before the other,  the other, as he passes, shouts 'Chicken!', and the one who has swerved  becomes an object of contempt. As played by irresponsible boys, this  game is considered decadent and immoral, though only the lives of the  players are risked. But when the game is played by eminent statesmen,  who risk not only their own lives but those of many hundreds of millions  of human beings, it is thought on both sides that the statesmen on one  side are displaying a high degree of wisdom and courage, and only the  statesmen on the other side are reprehensible. This, of course, is  absurd. Both are to blame for playing such an incredibly dangerous game.  The game may be played without misfortune a few times, but sooner or  later it will come to be felt that loss of face is more dreadful than  nuclear annihilation. The moment will come when neither side can face  the derisive cry of 'Chicken!' from the other side. When that moment is  come, the statesmen of both sides will plunge the world into  destruction.[2
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