"Brinksmanship". Standard for the US and the Soviet Union during the entire Cold War. Let's see who is willing to edge closest to the brink of disaster.
Brinkmanship is the act of pushing a situation to the verge of war, in order to threaten and encourage one's opponent to back down. Brinkmanship in the Cold War refers to the constant competition between the U. States of America and the Soviet Union.
Yes he did, but in his defense he thought that the country was "on the verge of a communist uprising."
Your question is not altogether clear. If you are talking about the Allied countries that participated, there was nothing to suppress because almost everyone wanted to fight and win it. In the Axis countries like Germany, Austria, Japan and Italy people started out enthousiastic (so nothing to suppress there, too) and later became more resigned but there never was an active anti-war feeling until almost the very end. In the occupied countries there were resistance movements that were pursued - not by local governments, but by the Germans - although in most countries, the resistance movements got most of their members at the end of the war when it was clear that Germany was on the verge of collapse.
None, they did not get involved until the British were on the verge of victory.
The world almost came to an end due to the Cuban missile crisis and the USA embargo on the Soviet Union: the world was on the verge of Thermonuclear war.
Standing on the Verge of Getting It On was created in 1974-07.
at the verge
Feverish means on the verge of getting a fever or having a fever. When I get a fever, I will start feeling feverish
After being scolded by her father, the little girl was on the verge of tears. We searched for hours and were on the verge of giving up when someone spotted the lost puppy.
Axiom Verge happened in 360.
Axiom Verge was created in 2013.
Sainte-Verge's population is 1,488.
John Verge died in 1861.
John Verge was born in 1782.
Jack Verge was born in 1880.
On the Verge - 2011 On the Verge Matias Duarte 1-1 was released on: USA: 16 November 2011
"I'm on the verge of becoming homeless in a foreign country.""We are one the verge of something amazing here."